adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help &c (aid) 707; applicability
&c adj.; subservience &c (instrumentality) 631; function &c (business)
625; value; worth &c (goodness) 648; money's worth; productiveness &c
168; cui bono &c (intention) 620 [Lat.]; utilization &c (use) 677; step
in the right direction.
common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest;
utilitarianism &c (philanthropy) 910.
V. be useful &c adj.; avail, serve; subserve &c (be instrumental to)
631; conduce &c (tend) 176; answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose,
serve a purpose.
act a part &c (action) 680; perform a function, discharge a
function &c; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's
service; bestead†, stand one in good stead be the making of; help &c
707.
bear fruit &c (produce) 161; bring grist to the mill; profit,
remunerate; benefit &c (do good) 648.
find one's account in, find one's advantage in; reap the benefit
of &c (be better for) 658.
render useful &c (use) 677.
Adj. useful; of use &c n.; serviceable, proficuous†, good for;
subservient &c (instrumental) 631; conducive &c (tending) 176;
subsidiary &c (helping) 707.
advantageous &c (beneficial) 648; profitable, gainful,
remunerative, worth one's salt; valuable; prolific &c (productive) 168.
adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient
&c 646.
applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible;
commodious, adaptable; of all work.
Adv. usefully &c adj.; pro bono publico [Lat.].