Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Use

Nouns
  • use
  • employ, employment
  • exercise, exercitation
  • application, appliance
  • adhibition, disposal
  • consumption
  • agency etc. (physical) Agency
  • usufruct
  • usefulness etc. Utility
  • benefit
  • recourse, resort, avail. [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear. [Way of using] usage.
Verbs
  • use, make use of, employ, put to use
  • put in action, put in operation, put in practice
  • set in motion, set to work. ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate
  • play, play off
  • exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to
  • take up with, take advantage of
  • lay one's hands on, try. render useful etc. Utility
  • mold
  • turn to account, turn to use
  • convert to use, utilize
  • work up
  • call into play, bring into play
  • put into requisition
  • call forth, draw forth
  • press into service, enlist into the service
  • bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of
  • make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of. fall back upon, make a shift with
  • make the most of, make the best of. use up, swallow up
  • consume, absorb, expend
  • tax, task, wear, put to task.
Adjectives
  • in use
  • used etc. v.
  • well-worn, well-trodden. useful etc. Utility
  • subservient etc. (instrumental) Instrumentality.