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quality (enc)

Quality

Noun1.quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
uncloudedness, clarity, clearness - the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
opaqueness, opacity - 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, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"
difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"
unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"
humanness, manhood, humanity - the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
aura, air, atmosphere - a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"
excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
characteristic - a distinguishing quality
changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather"
unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
sameness - the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together"
difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion - something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
probability - the quality of being probable
uncertainness, uncertainty - being unsettled or in doubt; "the uncertainty of the outcome"
factuality, factualness - the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination"
counterfactuality - the quality of being contrary to fact
corporeality, physicalness, materiality - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
incorporeality, immateriality - the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
particularity - the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"
generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
simpleness, simplicity - the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal"
complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits"
unregularity, irregularity - 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; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
2.quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior
low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality
degree, level, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
3.quality - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
texture - the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"
4.quality - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
sound property - an attribute of sound
resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
harshness, roughness - harsh or rough to the ear
mellowness, fullness, richness - the property of a sound that has a rich and pleasing timbre
nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - 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
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
5.quality - high social status; "a man of quality"
social rank, social station, social status, rank - position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
Adj.1.quality - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
2.quality - of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"
upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

 

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