utile

Questions about utile

What does utile mean?

utile means "being of use or service".

How many syllables are in utile?

utile has 3 syllables: u-ti-le. The stress falls on "u".

What is another word for utile?

Close synonyms include useful. 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.

Is utile a common word?

utile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.