Words that rhyme with qualities

n 1: the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment [ant: inability, unfitness] 2: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" [syn: ability, power] [ant: inability]

n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences]

n 1: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: government, authorities, regime]

n 1: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status [ant: inequality] 2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par]

n 1: a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality" [syn: formality, formalities]

adv 1: (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" [syn: honestly, candidly, frankly] 2: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything" [syn: honestly, aboveboard] [ant: deceitfully, dishonestly, venally]

n 1: fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: hostilities, belligerency]

n 1: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences" [syn: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts]

n 1: anything that is owed to someone else

n 1: the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" 2: a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"

n 1: a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies" 2: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation" 3: written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" [syn: policy, insurance policy, insurance]

adj 1: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand" [ant: negative, neutral] 2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)] 3: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor" [syn: plus, positive] 4: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test" [syn: positive, confirming] [ant: disconfirming, negative] 5: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws" [syn: positive, prescribed] 6: impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument" [syn: incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive] 7: of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivist, positivistic, positive] 8: reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion; "positive increase in graduating students" [ant: negative] 9: greater than zero; "positive numbers" 10: having a positive charge; "protons are positive" [syn: positive, electropositive, positively charged] 11: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" [syn: cocksure, overconfident, positive] n 1: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution [syn: positive, positive degree] 2: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

adj 1: involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" [ant: quantitative] 2: relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities

n 1: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount] 2: an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" 3: the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity] 2: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness] 3: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride [syn: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] [ant: humbleness, humility] 4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table]

n 1: medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC)

n 1: ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)

n 1: one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)