to behoof

Examples

• All

• And it may just behoove me to recognise that this individual is dragging us all down and I'll get rid of him and then we'll all be safe again.

• I feel like longer term investing in real estate now is going to behoove me more than just investing into the market.

  The Financial Diet

• The only person that really behooved was perm.

• Oh my God, it behooves me brother, I'm behooved.

• It would behoove you to study regularly if you want to pass the exam.

• To improve your skills, it behooves you to practice every day.

• In order to succeed in this project, it behooves us to work together diligently.

Synonyms

D

to do someone any favors

vsto behoof

• Informal

48 5.1

Give someone help that does more harm than good

is about being of real use or advantage rather than possibly useless help

A

to avail

vsto behoof

• Formal

24 6.9

To use something for your own benefit

is about simply being helpful or beneficial rather than being used

B

to behoove

vsto behoof

• Formal

20 9.5

To be right or necessary for someone to do something

is about giving use or advantage rather than stating obligation or appropriateness

S

to serve well

vsto behoof

3 3.5

Be useful to someone when they need it

is the older literary form rather than the common modern expression

B

to benefact

vsto behoof

• Archaic

9.7

To give money or help to others in a generous way

is about being useful or advantageous rather than focusing on generous giving

Antonyms

H

to hinder

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

I

to impede

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

How Beneficial

to profit

140 3.2

to benefit

676 2.3

to behoof

• Archaic

9.9

to serve

∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology