| Main Entry: | suitability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rightness |
Synonyms: |
agreement, appropriateness, fitness, propriety |
| Main Entry: | competence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
Synonyms: |
adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, competency, cutting it, cutting the mustard, expertise, fitness, hacking it, know-how, making the grade, makings, might, moxie, proficiency, qualification, qualifiedness, savvy, skill, suitability, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Notes: | competence is a measure of the ability to perform a task; efficiency is a measure of the success achieved in the performance of a task |
Antonyms: |
inability, inadequacy, incapability, incompetence, inefficience, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constancy, regularity |
Synonyms: |
accord, agreement, apposition, appropriateness, aptness, coherence, cohesion, compatibility, concord, concurrence, conformability, congruity, consonance, correspondence, evenness, fitness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, likeness, proportion, similarity, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, suitability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity |
Antonyms: |
erraticism, incongruity, inconsistency, inconstancy, irregularity, variation |
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | availability, usefulness; useful thing |
Synonyms: |
accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, agreeableness, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, comforts, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, handiness, help, life, luxury, means, ministration, ministry, openness, opportuneness, promotion, receptiveness, relief, satisfaction, service, serviceability, succor, suitability, suitableness, support, time saver, use, utility |
Antonyms: |
inconvenience, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness, waste |
| Main Entry: | efficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adeptness, effectiveness |
Synonyms: |
ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, capableness, competence, competency, completeness, economy, effectualness, efficacy, energy, expertise, facility, faculty, know-how, performance, potency, power, powerfulness, productiveness, productivity, proficiency, prowess, quantity, readiness, resourcefulness, response, skill, skillfulness, suitability, suitableness, talent, thoroughness |
Antonyms: |
helplessness, impotence, inability, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, weakness |
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness; worth |
Synonyms: |
advantage, advantageousness, advisability, appositeness, aptness, benefit, convenience, desirability, effectiveness, efficiency, fitness, helpfulness, judiciousness, meetness, opportunism, opportunity, order, policy, practicality, pragmatism, profitability, profitableness, properness, propitiousness, propriety, prudence, rightness, suitability, usefulness, utilitarianism, utility |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, inappropriateness |
| Main Entry: | fairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice |
Synonyms: |
candor, charitableness, charity, civility, consideration, courtesy, decency, decorum, disinterestedness, due, duty, equitableness, equity, exactitude, fair shake, fair-mindedness, give and take, good faith, goodness, honesty, honor, humanity, impartiality, integrity, justness, legitimacy, moderation, open-mindedness, propriety, rationality, reasonableness, right, righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, seemliness, square deal, suitability, tolerance, truth, uprightness, veracity |
Antonyms: |
inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | felicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
Synonyms: |
applicability, aptness, becomingness, suitability |
| Main Entry: | fitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, admissibility, agreeableness, applicability, appositeness, aptitude, aptness, assimilation, auspiciousness, compatibility, competence, concurrency, congeniality, congruousness, consistency, consonance, convenience, correspondence, decency, decorum, eligibility, expediency, harmony, keeping, order, patness, pertinence, preparedness, propriety, qualification, readiness, relevancy, rightness, seasonableness, seemliness, suitability, timeliness |
Antonyms: |
inappropriateness, unsuitability |
| Main Entry: | harmony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence, balance |
Synonyms: |
accord, agreement, articulation, chime, concord, concordance, conformance, conformity, congruity, consistency, consonance, fitness, form, integration, integrity, oneness, order, parallelism, proportion, regularity, suitability, symmetry, togetherness, tune, unity |
Antonyms: |
disproportion, imbalance |