utility
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Types & categories
- service hypernym
- telephone company hyponym
- power company hyponym
- waterworks hyponym
- gas company hyponym
- bus company hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being of practical use
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- detergency hyponym
- use hyponym
- helpfulness hyponym
- use hyponym
- serviceability hyponym
- instrumentality hyponym
- practicality hyponym
- practicability hyponym
Related & opposite
- inutility antonym
- useful attribute
- useless attribute
- use derivation
- utilitarian derivation
- useful derivation
- utilitarian derivation
Sense 3 noun
the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
the cost of utilities never decreases
Types & categories
- service hypernym
Sense 4 noun
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
Types & categories
- system of measurement hypernym
- marginal utility hyponym
Related & opposite
- economics domain topic
Sense 5 noun
(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
Types & categories
- computer program hypernym
- device driver hyponym
- diagnostic program hyponym
- input program hyponym
- output program hyponym
- sort program hyponym
- trace program hyponym
Parts & wholes
- utility routine part meronym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 6 noun
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
Types & categories
- facility hypernym
- electrical system hyponym
- heating system hyponym
- plumbing hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | service |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telephone company |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | power company |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterworks |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gas company |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bus company |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inutility |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | useful |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | useless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | use |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilitarian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | useful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilitarian |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | detergency |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | use |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | helpfulness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | use |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | serviceability |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | instrumentality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | practicality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | practicability |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | service |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | economics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | system of measurement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | marginal utility |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | utility routine |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | computer program |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | device driver |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | diagnostic program |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | input program |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | output program |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sort program |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | trace program |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | facility |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrical system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | heating system |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | plumbing |