utility

utility is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines. Face value is 10 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.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
2. noun. Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2.
3. noun. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.
4. noun. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

   "the cost of utilities never decreases"

   "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"

5. noun. a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal

   "the price of the house included all utilities"

6. noun. the quality of being of practical use

   Synonyms: usefulness

7. noun. (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

   "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"

8. noun. a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
9. noun. (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
10. adjective. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

    "a utility infielder"

    Synonyms: substitute

11. adjective. used of beef; usable but inferior

Synonyms

usefulness, substitute

Common word forms

utilities

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