useful

== English == === Alternative forms === usefull === Etymology === From use +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuːsfl̩/, [ˈjuːsfɫ̩] (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈjusfl̩/, [ˈjusfɫ̩] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈjʉːsfəl/, [ˈjʉːsfɫ̩] === Adjective === useful (comparative more useful or usefuller, superlative most useful or usefullest) Having a practical or beneficial use. Synonyms: handy, noteful, salutary, serviceable, utilitarian, utile, purposive Antonyms: unuseful, useless, unusable, unutilizable, inutile (obsolete) ==== Usage notes ==== Prepositions: useful is used in useful for <purpose>, useful for <person> and useful to <person>. The words useful to are also found in constructions such as It is useful to do, in which to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====