Convenient, a.
Etymology: [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p.pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.]
1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic] Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8. Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4.
2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.
3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25.
4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.] Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.
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Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for convenient; he lists it under comfortable.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.