Words that rhyme with ability

  • acceptability
    n 1: satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards [syn: acceptability, acceptableness] [ant: unacceptability, unacceptableness]
  • adaptability
    n 1: the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances [ant: unadaptability]
  • admissibility
    n 1: acceptability by virtue of being admissible [ant: inadmissibility]
  • advisability
    n 1: the quality of being advisable; "they questioned the advisability of our policy" [ant: inadvisability]
  • agility
    n 1: the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble [syn: agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness]
  • amiability
    n 1: a cheerful and agreeable mood [syn: good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability] [ant: distemper, ill humor, ill humour] 2: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) [syn: affability, affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality]
  • amicability
    n 1: a disinclination to quarrel [syn: amicability, amicableness] 2: having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness [syn: amicability, amicableness]
  • applicability
    n 1: relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand [syn: applicability, pertinence, pertinency] [ant: inapplicability]
  • availability
    n 1: the quality of being at hand when needed [syn: handiness, accessibility, availability, availableness] [ant: inaccessibility, unavailability]
  • capability
    n 1: the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability" [syn: capability, capableness] [ant: incapability, incapableness] 2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused" [syn: capability, capacity] 3: an aptitude that may be developed [syn: capability, capableness, potentiality] [ant: incapability, incapableness]
  • civility
    n 1: formal or perfunctory politeness [ant: incivility] 2: the act of showing regard for others [syn: politeness, civility]
  • compatibility
    n 1: a feeling of sympathetic understanding 2: capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination [ant: incompatibility]
  • comprehensibility
    n 1: the quality of comprehensible language or thought [syn: comprehensibility, understandability] [ant: incomprehensibility]
  • credibility
    n 1: the quality of being believable or trustworthy [syn: credibility, credibleness, believability] [ant: incredibility, incredibleness]
  • culpability
    n 1: a state of guilt [syn: blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness]
  • debility
    n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
  • desirability
    n 1: the quality of being worthy of desiring [syn: desirability, desirableness] [ant: undesirability] 2: attractiveness to the opposite sex [syn: sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph]
  • disability
    n 1: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment]
  • divisibility
    n 1: the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons
  • docility
    n 1: the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable
  • ductility
    n 1: the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets [syn: ductility, ductileness]
  • durability
    n 1: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products" [syn: lastingness, durability, enduringness, strength]
  • eligibility
    n 1: the quality or state of being eligible; "eligibility of a candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan" [ant: ineligibility]
  • excitability
    n 1: excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn: excitability, irritability] 2: being easily excited [syn: excitability, excitableness, volatility]
  • facility
    n 1: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: facility, installation] 2: skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness] 3: a natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen [syn: facility, readiness] 4: something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities" 5: a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility"
  • fallibility
    n 1: the likelihood of making errors [ant: infallibility]
  • feasibility
    n 1: the quality of being doable [syn: feasibility, feasibleness] [ant: infeasibility, unfeasibility]
  • fertility
    n 1: the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year [syn: birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality] 2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring [syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility, sterility] 3: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]
  • flammability
    n 1: the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly [syn: flammability, inflammability]
  • flexibility
    n 1: the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, inflexibleness] 2: the quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness] 3: the trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability, tractableness, flexibility] [ant: intractability, intractableness]
  • fragility
    n 1: quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility] 2: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy]
  • futility
    n 1: uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
  • gentility
    n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression [syn: breeding, genteelness, gentility]
  • gullibility
    n 1: tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived [syn: credulousness, gullibility]
  • hostility
    n 1: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" [syn: hostility, ill will] 2: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, enmity, antagonism] 3: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [syn: hostility, enmity, ill will] 4: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked [syn: aggression, hostility]
  • humility
    n 1: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: humility, humbleness] [ant: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] 2: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" [syn: humility, humbleness] [ant: pride, pridefulness]
  • immobility
    n 1: remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness] 2: the quality of not moving [ant: mobility]
  • inability
    n 1: lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something [ant: ability, power] 2: lacking the power to perform [syn: inability, unfitness] [ant: ability]
  • inaccessibility
    n 1: the quality of not being available when needed [syn: inaccessibility, unavailability] [ant: accessibility, availability, availableness, handiness]
  • incivility
    n 1: deliberate discourtesy [ant: civility]
  • infertility
    n 1: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant: fecundity, fertility]
  • instability
    n 1: an unstable order [ant: stability] 2: unreliability attributable to being unstable 3: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" [syn: imbalance, instability, unbalance] [ant: balance] 4: the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute [syn: instability, unstableness] [ant: stability, stableness]
  • invincibility
    n 1: the property being difficult or impossible to defeat [syn: indomitability, invincibility]
  • invisibility
    n 1: the quality of not being perceivable by the eye [syn: invisibility, invisibleness] [ant: visibility, visibleness]
  • irresponsibility
    n 1: a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions [syn: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness] [ant: responsibility, responsibleness]
  • irritability
    n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler] 2: excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn: excitability, irritability] 3: a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness]
  • legibility
    n 1: distinctness that makes perception easy [syn: discernability, legibility] 2: a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read [syn: legibility, readability] [ant: illegibility]
  • liability
    n 1: the state of being legally obliged and responsible 2: an obligation to pay money to another party [syn: indebtedness, liability, financial obligation] 3: the quality of being something that holds you back [ant: asset, plus]
  • malleability
    n 1: the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking [syn: malleability, plasticity] [ant: unmalleability]
  • mobility
    n 1: the quality of moving freely [ant: immobility]
  • motility
    n 1: ability to move spontaneously and independently [ant: immotility] 2: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion, movement, move, motility]
  • nobility
    n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: nobility, aristocracy] 2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur] 3: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility, noblesse]
  • notability
    n 1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]
  • palatability
    n 1: the property of being acceptable to the mouth [syn: palatability, palatableness] [ant: unpalatability, unpalatableness] 2: acceptability to the mind or feelings; "the pursuit of electoral palatability" [syn: palatability, palatableness]
  • permeability
    n 1: the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) [syn: permeability, permeableness] [ant: impermeability, impermeableness]
  • plausibility
    n 1: apparent validity [syn: plausibility, plausibleness] [ant: implausibility, implausibleness]
  • portability
    n 1: the quality of being light enough to be carried
  • possibility
    n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities" 2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" [syn: possibility, possibleness] [ant: impossibility, impossibleness] 3: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility, theory] 4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" [syn: possibility, possible action, opening]
  • probability
    n 1: a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" [syn: probability, chance] 2: the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost" [ant: improbability, improbableness]
  • readability
    n 1: the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand 2: a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read [syn: legibility, readability] [ant: illegibility]
  • reliability
    n 1: the quality of being dependable or reliable [syn: dependability, dependableness, reliability, reliableness] [ant: undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness]
  • responsibility
    n 1: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr [syn: duty, responsibility, obligation] 2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" [syn: province, responsibility] 3: a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" [syn: responsibility, responsibleness] [ant: irresponsibility, irresponsibleness]
  • risibility
    n 1: a disposition to laugh
  • senility
    n 1: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations [syn: dotage, second childhood, senility] 2: the state of being senile
  • sensibility
    n 1: mental responsiveness and awareness [syn: sensibility, esthesia, aesthesia] [ant: insensibility] 2: refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility" 3: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain" [syn: sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility]
  • smutty
    adj 1: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty] 2: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn: black, smutty]
  • sociability
    n 1: the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows [syn: sociability, sociableness] [ant: unsociability, unsociableness]
  • solubility
    n 1: the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution) 2: the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve [syn: solvability, solubility] [ant: insolubility, unsolvability] 3: the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid [ant: insolubility]
  • sooty
    adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty] 2: covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"
  • stability
    n 1: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast [syn: stability, stableness] [ant: instability, unstableness] 2: a stable order (especially of society) [ant: instability] 3: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds" [syn: constancy, stability] [ant: changefulness, inconstancy]
  • sterility
    n 1: (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms [syn: asepsis, antisepsis, sterility, sterileness] 2: the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate [syn: sterility, infertility] [ant: fecundity, fertility]
  • suitability
    n 1: the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips" [syn: suitability, suitableness] [ant: ineptness, unsuitability, unsuitableness]
  • susceptibility
    n 1: the state of being susceptible; easily affected [syn: susceptibility, susceptibleness] [ant: immunity, unsusceptibility]
  • suttee
    n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
  • taxability
    n 1: liability to taxation
  • utility
    adj 1: used of beef; usable but inferior [syn: utility(a), utility-grade] 2: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" [syn: utility(a), substitute(a)] n 1: a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation [syn: utility, public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation] 2: the quality of being of practical use [syn: utility, usefulness] [ant: inutility, unusefulness, uselessness] 3: the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane" 4: (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice 5: (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users" [syn: utility program, utility, service program] 6: a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"
  • variability
    n 1: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance] 2: the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity [syn: unevenness, variability] [ant: evenness, invariability]
  • versatility
    n 1: having a wide variety of skills
  • viability
    n 1: (of living things) capable of normal growth and development 2: capable of being done in a practical and useful way
  • virility
    n 1: the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation 2: the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male [syn: manfulness, manliness, virility]
  • visibility
    n 1: quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye; "low visibility caused by fog" [syn: visibility, visibleness] [ant: invisibility, invisibleness] 2: degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election" [syn: visibility, profile] 3: capability of providing a clear unobstructed view; "a windshield with good visibility"
  • volatility
    n 1: the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor 2: the trait of being unpredictably irresolute; "the volatility of the market drove many investors away" [syn: volatility, unpredictability] 3: being easily excited [syn: excitability, excitableness, volatility]
  • tranquility
    n 1: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility] 2: an untroubled state; free from disturbances [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quiet] 3: a state of peace and quiet [syn: tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietude]
  • combinability
  • deductibility
  • fusibility
  • miscibility
  • qualities
  • rehability
  • electability
  • nonutility
  • deniability
  • favorability
  • lability
  • detonability
  • drawability
  • roadability
  • torsibility
  • wettability
  • deviability

See also ability definition and ability synonyms