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utility
Overview of noun utility
The noun utility has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation -- (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)
2. (1) utility, usefulness -- (the quality of being of practical use)
3. (1) utility -- (the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane")
4. utility -- ((economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice)
5. utility program, utility, service program -- ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users")
6. utility -- (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities")
Overview of adj utility
The adj utility has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. utility, utility-grade -- (used of beef; usable but inferior)
2. utility, substitute -- (capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun utility
6 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
=> service
=> company
=> institution, establishment
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
utility
=> service
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
utility
=> system of measurement, metric
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
=> program, programme, computer program, computer programme
=> software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package
=> code, computer code
=> coding system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
utility
=> facility, installation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun utility
5 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
=> telephone company, telephone service, phone company, phone service, telco
=> power company, power service, electric company, light company
=> water company, waterworks
=> gas company, gas service
=> bus company, bus service
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
=> detergency, detergence
=> function, purpose, role, use
=> helpfulness
=> use
=> serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability
=> instrumentality
=> practicality
=> practicability, practicableness
Sense 4
utility
=> marginal utility
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
=> driver, device driver
=> diagnostic program
=> input program
=> output program
=> sort program, sorting program
=> trace program
Sense 6
utility
=> electrical system, electrical plant
=> heating system, heating plant, heating, heat
=> plumbing, plumbing system
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun utility
6 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
=> service
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
=> quality
Sense 3
utility
=> service
Sense 4
utility
=> system of measurement, metric
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
=> program, programme, computer program, computer programme
Sense 6
utility
=> facility, installation
Antonyms of noun utility
1 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
Antonym of inutility (Sense 1)
=>inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
Member Holonyms of noun utility
Substance Holonyms of noun utility
Part Holonyms of noun utility
Member Meronyms of noun utility
Substance Meronyms of noun utility
Part Meronyms of noun utility
1 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
HAS PART: utility routine, service routine
Meronyms of noun utility
1 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
HAS PART: utility routine, service routine
Holonyms of noun utility
Attributes of noun utility
1 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
=> useful (vs. useless), utile
=> useless (vs. useful)
Derived Forms of noun utility
1 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
RELATED TO>(adj) utilitarian#2
=> utilitarian
RELATED TO>(adj) utilitarian#1
=> utilitarian, useful
RELATED TO>(adj) utile#1
=> useful, utile
RELATED TO>(verb) utilize#1
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
RELATED TO>(verb) utilise#1
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Domain of noun utility
2 of 6 senses of utility
Sense 4
utility
TOPIC>(noun) economics#1, economic science#1, political economy#1
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
TOPIC>(noun) computer science#1, computing#1
Domain Terms of noun utility
Familiarity of noun utility
utility used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun utility
6 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
> service
=> utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
Sense 2
utility, usefulness
> quality
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> attraction, attractiveness
=> clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
=> opacity, opaqueness
=> divisibility
=> ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
=> difficulty, difficultness
=> combustibility, combustibleness, burnability
=> suitability, suitableness
=> arability
=> impressiveness
=> navigability
=> neediness
=> painfulness, distressingness
=> piquancy, piquance, piquantness
=> publicity
=> spinnability
=> unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
=> protectiveness
=> nature
=> humanness, humanity, manhood
=> air, aura, atmosphere
=> excellence
=> ultimate
=> characteristic
=> salability, salableness
=> changeableness, changeability
=> changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
=> sameness
=> difference
=> certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion
=> probability
=> uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness
=> factuality, factualness
=> counterfactuality
=> materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality
=> immateriality, incorporeality
=> particularity, specialness
=> generality
=> simplicity, simpleness
=> complexity, complexness
=> regularity
=> irregularity, unregularity
=> mobility
=> immobility
=> pleasantness, sweetness
=> unpleasantness
=> credibility, credibleness, believability
=> incredibility, incredibleness
=> logicality, logicalness
=> illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence
=> naturalness
=> unnaturalness
=> virtu, vertu
=> wholesomeness
=> unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
=> satisfactoriness
=> unsatisfactoriness
=> ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> extraordinariness
=> ethnicity
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
=> nativeness
=> originality
=> unoriginality
=> correctness, rightness
=> incorrectness, wrongness
=> accuracy, truth
=> accuracy
=> inaccuracy
=> distinction
=> popularity
=> unpopularity
=> lawfulness
=> unlawfulness
=> elegance
=> elegance
=> inelegance
=> urbanity
=> comprehensibility, understandability
=> expressiveness
=> incomprehensibility
=> humaneness
=> inhumaneness, inhumanity
=> morality
=> immorality
=> amorality
=> divinity
=> holiness, sanctity, sanctitude
=> ideality
=> unholiness
=> parental quality
=> fidelity, faithfulness
=> infidelity, unfaithfulness
=> sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> naivete, naivety, naiveness
=> penetrability, perviousness
=> impenetrability, imperviousness
=> soapiness
=> fibrosity, fibrousness
=> directivity, directiveness
=> extremeness
=> stuffiness, closeness
=> sufficiency, adequacy
=> worth
=> worthlessness, ineptitude
=> good, goodness
=> bad, badness
=> fruitfulness, fecundity
=> fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
=> utility, usefulness
=> inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
=> asset, plus
=> constructiveness
=> destructiveness
=> positivity, positiveness, positivism
=> negativity, negativeness, negativism
=> occidentalism
=> orientalism
=> power, powerfulness
=> ability
=> powerlessness, impotence, impotency
=> inability, unfitness
=> romanticism, romance
=> domesticity
=> infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness
=> finiteness, finitude, boundedness
=> quantifiability, measurability
=> solubility
=> insolubility
=> stuff
=> hot stuff, voluptuousness
=> humor, humour
=> pathos, poignancy
=> tone
=> brachycephaly, brachycephalism
=> dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism
=> relativity
=> responsiveness
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> subjectivism
=> snootiness
=> ulteriority
=> memorability
=> woodiness, woodsiness
=> waxiness
Sense 3
utility
> service
=> consulting service
=> facility
=> national service
=> utility
Sense 4
utility
> system of measurement, metric
=> system of weights and measures
=> point system
=> information measure
=> utility
=> Brix scale
=> circular measure
=> board measure
=> Beaufort scale
=> system of weights, weight
=> temperature scale
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
> program, programme, computer program, computer programme
=> anti-virus program
=> application, application program, applications programme
=> loop
=> malevolent program
=> patch
=> assembler, assembly program
=> checking program
=> compiler, compiling program
=> debugger
=> interface, user interface
=> interpreter, interpretive program
=> job control
=> library program
=> monitor program, monitoring program
=> object program, target program
=> source program
=> parser
=> tagger, tagging program
=> relocatable program
=> reusable program
=> search engine
=> self-adapting program
=> spider, wanderer
=> spreadsheet
=> stored program
=> supervisory program, supervisor, executive program
=> syntax checker
=> system program, systems program, systems software
=> text-matching
=> translator, translating program
=> utility program, utility, service program
=> LISP program
=> FORTRAN program
=> C program
Sense 6
utility
> facility, installation
=> airfield, landing field, flying field, field
=> arboretum, botanical garden
=> athletic facility
=> backroom
=> cafeteria facility
=> communication system, communication equipment
=> course
=> depository, deposit, depositary, repository
=> drive-in
=> forum, assembly, meeting place
=> gas system
=> menagerie, zoo, zoological garden
=> military installation
=> power system, power grid, grid
=> range
=> recreational facility, recreation facility
=> sewage system, sewer system, sewage works
=> source
=> station
=> transportation system, transportation, transit
=> utility
=> water system, water supply, water
Meronyms of noun utility
6 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation
=> service
=> company
=> institution, establishment
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 5
utility program, utility, service program
HAS PART: utility routine, service routine
=> program, programme, computer program, computer programme
HAS PART: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function
HAS PART: instruction, command, statement, program line
=> software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package
=> code, computer code
=> coding system
=> writing
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 6
utility
=> facility, installation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun utility
Grep of noun utility
futility
inutility
marginal utility
public utility
public utility company
sport utility
sport utility vehicle
utility
utility bond
utility man
utility program
utility revenue bond
utility routine
Antonyms of adj utility
2 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility(prenominal), utility-grade
INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior
Sense 2
utility(prenominal), substitute(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA secondary) -> primary
Similarity of adj utility
2 senses of utility
Sense 1
utility(prenominal), utility-grade
=> inferior (vs. superior)
Sense 2
utility(prenominal), substitute(prenominal)
=> secondary (vs. primary)
Pertainyms of adj utility
Attributes of adj utility
Domain of adj utility
Domain Terms of adj utility
Familiarity of adj utility
utility used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj utility
utility
utility-grade
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