Quality definition
Quality is a noun meaning "an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone." It has 7 meanings, as a noun and an adjective, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Syllables
- 3
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Quality as a noun
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
"the quality of mercy is not strained"
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
"the quality of students has risen"
Same sense: caliber, calibre
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
"each town has a quality all its own"
Same sense: character, lineament
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Same sense: tone, timber, timbre
high social status
"a man of quality"
Quality as an adjective
of superior grade
"quality paper"
Same sense: choice, prime, prize, select
of high social status
"people of quality"
Synonyms and antonyms
- caliber
- calibre
- character definition
- lineament
- tone
- timber
- timbre
- choice definition
- prime
- prize
- select
How to say quality
Quality has 3 syllables and rhymes with equality. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with quality
- equality
- inequality
- polity
- frivolity
QUALITY in word games
- Scrabble
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Anagrams
- 0
Is QUALITY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check QUALITY in the word checker, or unscramble QUALITY to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.