convenient Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
    • a convenient excuse for not going
  2. adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
    commodious.
    • a commodious harbor
    • a commodious building suitable for conventions

WordNet

Con*ven"ient adjective
Etymology
L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p.pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.
Definitions
  1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. Archaic
    Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8.
    Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4.
  2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.
  3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25.
  4. Near at hand; easy of access. Colloq.
    Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.
    Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.

Webster 1913