futile

futile is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Talkative; loquacious; tattling. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Talkative; loquacious; tattling.
2. transitive verb. Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
3. adjective. unproductive of success

   "a fruitless search"

   "futile years after her artistic peak"

   Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain

4. adjective. producing no result or effect

   "a futile effort"

   "the therapy was ineffectual"

   Synonyms: ineffectual, otiose, unavailing

Synonyms

bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing

Common word forms

futilely, futileness

Words from these letters

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