quality

1. An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (synset 104731092)
   "the quality of mercy is not strained"
   tells us about:

   • good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
   • bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
   • positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
   • negative - characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
   is a type of: attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
   subtypes:

   • appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
   • attraction, attractiveness - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
   • clarity, clearness, uncloudedness - the quality of clear water
   • opacity, opaqueness - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
   • divisibility - the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons
   • ease, easiness, simpleness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
   • difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult
   • burnability, combustibility, combustibleness - the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
   • suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
   • arability - the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation
   • impressiveness - the quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind
   • navigability - the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft
   • neediness - the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
   • distressingness, painfulness - the quality of being painful
   • piquance, piquancy, piquantness - the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
   • publicity - the quality of being open to public view
   • spinnability - the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers)
   • ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
   • protectiveness - the quality of providing protection
   • nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
   • humanity, humanness, manhood - the quality of being human
   • air, atmosphere, aura - a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
   • excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
   • ultimate - the finest or most superior quality of its kind
   • characteristic - a distinguishing quality
   • salability, salableness - the quality of being salable or marketable
   • changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change
   • changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
   • sameness - the quality of being alike
   • difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
   • certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thing - something that is certain
   • probability - the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
   • precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty - being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
   • factuality, factualness - the quality of being actual or based on fact
   • counterfactuality - the quality of being contrary to fact
   • corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
   • immateriality, incorporeality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
   • particularity, specialness - the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
   • generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
   • simpleness, simplicity - the quality of being simple or uncompounded
   • complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded
   • regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
   • irregularity, unregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
   • mobility - the quality of moving freely
   • immobility - the quality of not moving
   • pleasantness, sweetness - the quality of giving pleasure
   • unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure
   • believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
   • incredibility, incredibleness - the quality of being incredible
   • logicality, logicalness - correct and valid reasoning
   • illogic, illogicality, illogicalness, inconsequence - invalid or incorrect reasoning
   • naturalness - the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
   • unnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
   • vertu, virtu - artistic quality
   • wholesomeness - the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
   • morbidity, morbidness, unwholesomeness - the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
   • satisfactoriness - the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
   • unsatisfactoriness - the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
   • mundaneness, mundanity, ordinariness - the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
   • extraordinariness - the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
   • ethnicity - an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
   • curiousness, foreignness, strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native
   • nativeness - the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
   • originality - the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
   • unoriginality - the quality of being unoriginal
   • correctness, rightness - conformity to fact or truth
   • incorrectness, wrongness - the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
   • accuracy, truth - the quality of being near to the true value
   • accuracy - (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
   • inaccuracy - the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
   • popularity - the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
   • unpopularity - the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance
   • lawfulness - the quality of conforming to law
   • unlawfulness - the quality of failing to conform to law
   • elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
   • elegance - a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
   • inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
   • urbanity - the quality or character of life in a city or town
   • comprehensibility, understandability - the quality of comprehensible language or thought
   • expressiveness - the quality of being expressive
   • incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible
   • humaneness - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
   • inhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
   • morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
   • immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
   • amorality - the quality of being amoral
   • divinity - the quality of being divine
   • holiness, sanctitude, sanctity - the quality of being holy
   • ideality - the quality of being ideal
   • unholiness - the quality of being unholy
   • parental quality - a quality appropriate to a parent
   • faithfulness, fidelity - the quality of being faithful
   • infidelity, unfaithfulness - the quality of being unfaithful
   • mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication, worldliness - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
   • naiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness
   • hardness - a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
   • penetrability, perviousness - the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
   • impenetrability, imperviousness - the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
   • soapiness - the quality of being soap or being covered with soap
   • fibrosity, fibrousness - the quality of being fibrous
   • directiveness, directivity - the quality of being directive
   • extremeness - the quality of being extreme
   • closeness, stuffiness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
   • adequacy, sufficiency - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
   • worth - the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
   • ineptitude, worthlessness - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
   • good, goodness - that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
   • bad, badness - that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
   • fecundity, fruitfulness - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
   • aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness - the quality of yielding nothing of value
   • usefulness, utility - the quality of being of practical use
   • inutility, unusefulness, uselessness - the quality of having no practical use
   • asset, plus - a useful or valuable quality
   • constructiveness - the quality of serving to build or improve
   • destructiveness - the quality of causing destruction
   • positiveness, positivism, positivity - a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
   • negativeness, negativism, negativity - characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
   • occidentalism - the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations
   • orientalism - the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
   • power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence
   • ability - the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
   • impotence, impotency, powerlessness - the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
   • inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform
   • romance, romanticism - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
   • domesticity - the quality of being domestic or domesticated
   • boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness - the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
   • boundedness, finiteness, finitude - the quality of being finite
   • measurability, quantifiability - the quality of being measurable
   • solubility - the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
   • insolubility - the quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid
   • stuff - unspecified qualities required to do or be something
   • hot stuff, voluptuousness - the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
   • humor, humour - the quality of being funny
   • pathos, poignancy - a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
   • tone - the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
   • brachycephalism, brachycephaly - the quality of being brachycephalic
   • dolichocephalism, dolichocephaly - the quality of being dolichocephalic
   • relativity - the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else
   • responsiveness - the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
   • deadness, unresponsiveness - the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
   • subjectivism - the quality of being subjective
   • snootiness - the quality of being snooty
   • ulteriority - the quality of being ulterior
   • memorability - the quality of being worth remembering
   • woodiness, woodsiness - the quality of abounding in trees
   • waxiness - the quality of being made of wax or covered with wax
2. A degree or grade of excellence or worth (synset 104735326)
   "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
   tells us about:

   • superior - of high or superior quality or performance
   • inferior - of low or inferior quality
   is a type of: degree, grade, level - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
   subtypes:

   • high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior
   • inferiority, low quality - an inferior quality
   same as: caliber, calibre
3. A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something (synset 105857811)
   "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
   is a type of: attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
   subtypes: texture - the essential quality of something
   same as: character, lineament
4. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (synset 104994869)
   "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
   referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
   is a type of: sound property - an attribute of sound
   subtypes:

   • harmonic - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
   • resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
   • color, coloration, colour, colouration - the timbre of a musical sound
   • nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
   • plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
   • shrillness, stridence, stridency - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
   • register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
   same as: timber, timbre, tone
5. High social status (synset 113971206)
   "a man of quality"
   is a type of: rank, social rank, social station, social status - position in a social hierarchy

1. Of superior grade (synset 302351005)
   "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
   similar to: superior - of high or superior quality or performance
   same as: choice, prime, prize, select
2. Of high social status (synset 300262352)
   "people of quality"; "a quality family"
   similar to: upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing