1. Able to function usefully
   "utilitarian steel tables";
   - useful, practicable
    
2. Having utility often to the exclusion of values
   "plain utilitarian kitchenware"

1. Someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
   "The utilitarian argued that the policy would benefit the greatest number of people"

Derived forms: utilitarians

See also: functional, useful, utile

Type of: moralist

Encyclopedia: Utilitarian