Noun: conveniences kun'veen-yun(t)-suz [N. Amer], kun'vee-nee-un(t)-sis [Brit]
- Things that make you comfortable and at ease
"all the conveniences of home";
- comforts, creature comforts, amenities
- The quality of being useful and convenient
"they offered the convenience of an instalment plan"
- The state of being suitable or opportune
"chairs arranged for his own convenience"
- A thing that contributes to comfort or ease
"Modern conveniences like dishwashers"
- [Brit] A toilet that is available to the public
"The city installed a new convenience in the park to improve visitor amenities";
- public toilet, comfort station [N. Amer], public convenience [Brit], public lavatory, restroom [N. Amer], toilet facility, wash room, ablution [S.Africa]
See also: convenient, inconvenient
Type of: bathroom, bog [Brit, informal], bread and butter, can [N. Amer, informal], closet [archaic], comfort, comfortableness, facility, jacks [Ireland, informal], john [informal], keep, lav [informal], lavatory, livelihood, living, loo [Brit, informal], suitability, suitableness, support, sustenance, toilet, W.C. [Brit], water closet [Brit, archaic]
Antonym: inconvenience
Encyclopedia: Convenience