Vocabulaire

useful

Adjectif

Exemple: “This app is very useful.”

Synonymes: helpful

Antonymes: useless

utility

Nom

Exemple: “This tool has great utility.”

Synonymes: usefulness, value

Antonymes: uselessness

consultant

Nom

Exemple: “The consultant gave useful advice.”

Synonymes: advisor, expert

Antonymes: client

mathematics

Nom

Exemple: “Mathematics is useful.”

Synonymes: math

Antonymes: literature

profession

Nom

Exemple: “Teaching is a useful profession.”

Synonymes: job, occupation

Antonymes: hobby

insurance

Nom

Exemple: “Health insurance can be useful.”

Synonymes: protection plan

Antonymes: risk

analysis

Nom

Exemple: “The analysis is useful.”

Synonymes: study, examination

Antonymes: guess

website

Nom

Exemple: “This website is useful.”

Synonymes: site, web page

Antonymes: offline page

resource

Nom

Exemple: “This website is a useful resource.”

Synonymes: material

ornamental

Adjectif

Exemple: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Synonymes: decorative, fancy

Antonymes: functional, plain

tip

Nom

Exemple: “Here is a useful tip for learning faster.”

Synonymes: hint, suggestion

Antonymes: mistake

biotechnology

Nom

Exemple: “Biotechnology is changing modern medicine.”

Synonymes: biotech

Antonymes:

scale

Nom

Exemple: “This map has a useful scale.”

Synonymes: measure, size system

Antonymes:

site

Nom

Exemple: “This site has many useful lessons.”

Synonymes: place, webpage

Antonymes:

utilitarian

Adjectif

Exemple: “The building is functional but aggressively utilitarian.”

Synonymes: practical, functional

Antonymes: decorative, ornamental

contraption

Nom

Exemple: “He built a strange contraption out of spare parts.”

Synonymes: device, gadget

Antonymes:

abstraction

Nom

Exemple: “The theory is useful, but it remains an abstraction for most people.”

Synonymes: concept, generalization

Antonymes: concreteness, reality

vain

Adjectif

Exemple: “All their efforts were in vain.”

Synonymes: useless, fruitless

Antonymes: successful, useful

plus

Préposition

Exemple: “The main plus of this phone is the battery life.”

Synonymes: advantage, added to

Antonymes: minus, disadvantage

superfluously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The document was superfluously long and hard to scan.”

Synonymes: unnecessarily

Antonymes: essentially

handy

Adjectif

Exemple: “This small bag is handy for travel.”

Synonymes: useful

Antonymes: useless

useless

Adjectif

Exemple: “The tool is useless now.”

Synonymes: pointless

Antonymes: useful

redundant

Adjectif

Exemple: “Several steps in the process were redundant and removed.”

waste

/weɪst/

Exemple: “Don’t waste your time.”

Synonymes: desolate, wild, languish

Antonymes: conserve, husband, economize

value

/ˈvæljuː/

Exemple: “This feature adds value to the product.”

Synonymes: esteem, assess, appraise

Antonymes: disesteem, disrespect

provide

/prəˈvaɪd/

Exemple: “The course provides useful materials.”

Synonymes: render, supply, ply

feature

/ˈfiːtʃər/

Exemple: “This app has a useful feature.”

Synonymes: characteristic, have, boast

Antonymes: miss, lack