convenience

convenience
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. accessibility, handiness, availability, suitability; advantage, accommodation, comfort, opportunity, ease. See utility, expedience.Ant., inconvenience, unsuitability.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The quality of being convenient]
Syn. fitness, availability, accessibility, handiness, suitability, suitableness, appropriateness, acceptability, receptiveness, openness, adaptability, approachability, usefulness, utility, serviceability, serviceableness, expediency, practicality, nearness; see also utility 1 .
Ant. unfitness, trouble*, unsuitability.
2. [An aid to ease or comfort]
Syn. ease, comfort, accommodation, advantage, amenity, facility, help, aid, assistance, means, support, luxury, succor, personal service, the comforts of home, creature comfort, relief, satisfaction, service, benefit, avail, accessory, utility, labor saver, time saver, appliance, appurtenance, labor-saving device; see also advantage 3 , aid 1 , appliance , comfort 1 .
Ant. discomfort, awkwardness*, hindrance.
3. [Time and circumstances that are convenient]
Syn. leisure, ease, freedom, liberty, a free hour, a minute at liberty, preference, seasonableness, opportuneness; see also leisure .
• at one's convenience
Syn. when convenient, at one's leisure, when one has time, when opportune; see any time , appropriately .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. service usefulness, utility, suitability, benefit, expedience, handiness.
2. appliance or service time-saver, accessory, comfort, luxury, amenity, facility, help, *life-saver.
3. spare time free moment, leisure, chance, opportunity.
ANT.: 2. inconvenience, trouble, bother, *a pain
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Anything that increases physical comfort: amenity, comfort, facility (often used in plural). See COMFORT.

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