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utilitarian

u·til·i·tar·i·an
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yoo-til-i-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /yuˌtɪl ɪˈtɛər i ən/
    • /ˌjuː.tɪ.lɪˈteə.ri.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yoo-til-i-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /yuˌtɪl ɪˈtɛər i ən/

Definitions of utilitarian word

  • adjective utilitarian object: functional, useful 2
  • adjective utilitarian idea: relating to utilitarianism 2
  • adjective utilitarian pertaining to or consisting in utility. 1
  • adjective utilitarian having regard to utility or usefulness rather than beauty, ornamentation, etc. 1
  • adjective utilitarian of, relating to, or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism. 1
  • noun utilitarian an adherent of utilitarianism. 1
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Origin of utilitarian

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1775-85; utilit(y) + -arian

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Parts of speech for Utilitarian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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utilitarian popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for utilitarian

adj utilitarian

  • assistive — providing a means of reducing a physical impairment
  • commonsense — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
  • doable — capable of being done.
  • functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • good for — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.

adjective utilitarian

  • expedient — (of an action) Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.
  • hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
  • institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
  • workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
All 14 Synonyms of utilitarian

Antonyms for utilitarian

noun utilitarian

  • kitsch — something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
Just one Antonym for utilitarian

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Related words

  • applied

    An applied subject of study has a practical use, rather than being concerned only with theory.

  • arts and crafts

    decorative handicraft and design, esp that of the Arts and Crafts movement, in late nineteenth-century Britain, which sought to revive medieval craftsmanship

  • arts and crafts movement

    a movement, originating in England c1860 as a reaction against poor-quality mass-produced goods, that sought to revive earlier standards of workmanship and design, conceiving of decoration and craftsmanship as a single entity to be applied to the handcrafted production of both utilitarian and decorative objects, and that produced furniture, textiles, wallpaper, jewelry, and other items, often decorated with floral motifs.

  • banausic

    merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian

  • benthamism

    the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it

  • decorated shed

    a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
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