Meanings
comparative user-friendlier · comparative more user-friendly · superlative user-friendliest · superlative most user-friendly · alternative userfriendly · alternative user friendly
- computingDesigned to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.
In the past few years, product engineers have infused the basic telephone with lots of high-tech, razzle-dazzle, and user friendly innovations such as speed dialing, automatic redial, speakerphones, cordless phones, hold buttons, and dialing memories.
1994 May, Gary Turbak, “The Phone Phenomenon”, in The Rotarian, volume 164, number 5, page 31Synonyms: ergonomic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDesigned to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveeasy to use
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 容易使用的, 好用
- 容易使用的 (róngyì shǐyòng de)designed to be easy to use
- 好用 (hǎoyòng)designed to be easy to use
- 人性化 (rénxìnghuà)designed to be easy to use
Czech uživatelsky přívětivý
- uživatelsky přívětivýdesigned to be easy to use
Danish brugervenlig
- brugervenligdesigned to be easy to use
Dutch gebruikersvriendelijk, gebruiksvriendelijk
- gebruikersvriendelijkdesigned to be easy to use
- gebruiksvriendelijkdesigned to be easy to use
Esperanto afabla
- afabladesigned to be easy to use
Finnish käyttäjäystävällinen, helppokäyttöinen
- käyttäjäystävällinendesigned to be easy to use
- helppokäyttöinendesigned to be easy to use
French convivial, ergonomique
- convivialdesigned to be easy to use
- ergonomiquedesigned to be easy to use
German benutzerfreundlich
- benutzerfreundlichdesigned to be easy to use
Hebrew יְדִידוּתִי לַמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ
- יְדִידוּתִי לַמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (yedidutí lamishtamésh)designed to be easy to use
Hungarian felhasználóbarát
- felhasználóbarátdesigned to be easy to use
Icelandic notendavænn
- notendavænndesigned to be easy to use
Indonesian ramah pengguna
- ramah penggunadesigned to be easy to use
Italian facile da usare
- facile da usaredesigned to be easy to use
Japanese ユーザーフレンドリー, 使用者の使いやすい
- ユーザーフレンドリー (yūzāfurendorī)designed to be easy to use
- 使用者の使いやすい (shiyōsha-no tsukai-yasui)designed to be easy to use
Norwegian Bokmål brukervennlig
- brukervennligdesigned to be easy to use
Persian کاربرپسند
- کاربرپسند (kârbar-pasand)designed to be easy to use
Polish łatwy w obsłudze
- łatwy w obsłudzedesigned to be easy to use
Portuguese amigável
- amigáveldesigned to be easy to use
Russian дру́жественный для по́льзователя, лёгкий в испо́льзовании
- дру́жественный для по́льзователя (drúžestvennyj dlja pólʹzovatelja)designed to be easy to use
- лёгкий в испо́льзовании (ljóxkij v ispólʹzovanii)designed to be easy to use
Slovak užívateľsky prívetivý, užívateľsky príjemný
- užívateľsky prívetivýdesigned to be easy to use
- užívateľsky príjemnýdesigned to be easy to use
Spanish fácil de usar, fácil para el usuario
- fácil de usardesigned to be easy to use
- fácil para el usuariodesigned to be easy to use
Swedish användarvänlig
- användarvänligdesigned to be easy to use
Vietnamese tiện lợi
- tiện lợidesigned to be easy to use
Cite this entry
user-friendly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/user-friendly
“user-friendly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/user-friendly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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