useful

Other forms of useful

comparative

usefuller·

superlative

usefullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about useful

What does useful mean?

useful means "being of use or service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in useful?

useful has 2 syllables: use-ful. The stress falls on "use". In IPA it is /ˈjusfəl/.

What is another word for useful?

Close synonyms include utile, utilitarian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of useful?

The recorded antonyms are useless.

Is useful a common word?

useful is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.