public utility

Questions about public utility

What is another word for public utility?

It depends which public utility you mean. In the sense “a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation”, the synonyms are utility, public utility company, public-service corporation. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of public utility?

WordNet records no antonym for public utility. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for public utility come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of public utility

• Full entry for public utilityAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for public utilityWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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