used

Verb

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• take or consume (regularly or habitually)
• use up, consume fully
• seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
  • "The president's wife used her good connections"
• avail oneself to
• habitually do something (use only in the past tense)
  • "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"
  • "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"
  • "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
• simple past and past participle of use
• In used to.

Adjective

• employed in accomplishing something; - H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
  • "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"

Adjective Satellite

• of persons; taken advantage of
  • "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
• previously used or owned by another
  • "bought a secondhand (or used) car"

Adj

• That is or has or have been used.
• That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
• In used to.

Examples

• He bought a used car.
• The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
• You used me! You never loved me at all!

Synonyms

apply, employ, expend, exploited, habituate, ill-used, practice, put-upon, secondhand, use, utilise, utilize, victimised, victimized, pre-owned, second-hand

Antonyms

misused, new, unused

Related Words

abused, ill-used, misused, used up

Anagrams of used