100 Best Synonyms for “Used”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	accustomed	familiar through repeated experience
2.	activated	made active or operational
3.	administered	managed or applied formally
4.	adopted	accepted and began using
5.	allocated	assigned for specific use
6.	allotted	given for a particular use
7.	applied	put into practical effect
8.	appropriated	took for one’s own use
9.	assigned	set aside for use
10.	availed oneself of	made use of
11.	battered	damaged by hard use
12.	beat-up	damaged by rough use
13.	broken-in	made comfortable through use
14.	brought into play	introduced for active use
15.	burned	consumed as fuel or energy
16.	burnt	consumed as fuel or energy
17.	called on	used as a resource
18.	castoff	discarded after previous use
19.	comfortable with	accustomed to something
20.	commandeered	took for urgent use
21.	commissioned	put into official service
22.	conditioned	trained by repeated experience
23.	consumed	used until gone
24.	dedicated	reserved for a specific purpose
25.	depleted	reduced by use
26.	deployed	put into active use
27.	designated	chosen for a specific use
28.	devoted	set apart for a purpose
29.	dog-eared	worn at page corners
30.	drained	emptied or used away
31.	drew on	used as a source
32.	earmarked	set aside for a purpose
33.	employed	put to work or service
34.	engaged	used or involved actively
35.	equipped	provided for practical use
36.	exercised	put into action or practice
37.	exerted	applied force or influence
38.	exhausted	used completely
39.	expended	spent or used up
40.	exploited	took unfair advantage of
41.	faded	lost color through use or age
42.	familiar	well known through experience
43.	familiarized	made familiar with something
44.	fitted	made suitable for use
45.	frayed	worn at the edges
46.	given to	inclined or accustomed to
47.	grubby	dirty from handling
48.	habituated	made accustomed by repetition
49.	hand-me-down	passed from one owner to another
50.	handled	managed or dealt with
51.	hardened	made tough through experience
52.	harnessed	controlled for practical benefit
53.	implemented	put into effect
54.	intended	meant for a purpose
55.	inured	made hardened or accustomed
56.	invoked	called upon for use
57.	lavished	used generously or extravagantly
58.	leveraged	used to gain advantage
59.	made use of	used for a purpose
60.	manipulated	handled or controlled skillfully
61.	meant	intended for a purpose
62.	mobilized	organized for active use
63.	not new	previously owned or handled
64.	old	not new anymore
65.	operated	controlled or made function
66.	practiced	done regularly or repeatedly
67.	pre-owned	owned by someone before
68.	preloved	previously owned, often cherished
69.	pressed into service	made useful when needed
70.	previously owned	owned by someone before
71.	purposed	intended for a use
72.	reclaimed	recovered for further use
73.	reconditioned	restored for renewed use
74.	recycled	processed for further use
75.	refurbished	renovated for further use
76.	relied on	depended upon for use
77.	repurposed	given a new use
78.	requisitioned	demanded for official use
79.	reserved	kept for later use
80.	resorted to	turned to for help
81.	salvaged	saved for possible use
82.	scuffed	marked by scraping or wear
83.	seasoned	made familiar by experience
84.	secondhand	previously owned by someone else
85.	serviceable	usable despite wear or age
86.	shopworn	worn from handling in shops
87.	spent	exhausted or consumed
88.	squandered	used wastefully
89.	tapped	used as a resource
90.	threadbare	thin from wear
91.	tired	worn or no longer fresh
92.	tooled	equipped for production use
93.	utilized	put to practical use
94.	wasted	used carelessly or without benefit
95.	weathered	worn by weather or age
96.	well-worn	worn from frequent use
97.	wielded	held and directed effectively
98.	wont to	accustomed or likely to
99.	worked	operated or functioned successfully
100.	worn	showing damage from use