- utility, utility-grade - used of beef; usable but inferior
Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)
- utility, substitute - capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
- utility, public utility, public-service corporation - a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
--1 is a kind of service
--1 has particulars: - utility, usefulness - the quality of being of practical use
--2 is a kind of quality
Antonyms: inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
--2 has particulars:detergency, detergence; function, purpose, role, use; helpfulness; use; serviceability, serviceableness, usableness; instrumentality; practicality; practicability, practicableness Derived forms: verb utilize1, verb utilise1 - utility - the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases"
--3 is a kind of service
- utility - (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
--4 is a kind of system of measurement, metric
--4 has particulars: marginal utility- 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"
--5 is a kind of program, programme, computer program, computer programme
--5 has parts: utility routine, service routine
--5 has particulars:driver, device driver; diagnostic program; input program; output program; sort program, sorting program; trace program - 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"
--6 is a kind of facility, installation
--6 has particulars:electrical system, electrical plant; heating system, heating plant, heating, heat; plumbing, plumbing system - utility - (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice