Dictionary Entry
utilitarian
utilitarian is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
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- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
- 2adjective
Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
- 3noun
One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
- 4noun
someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
- 5adjective
having a useful function
"utilitarian steel tables"
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- 6adjective
having utility often to the exclusion of values
"plain utilitarian kitchenware"
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