Words that rhyme with quaternity
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absurdity
n 1: a message whose content is at variance with reason [syn: absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness] 2: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness] -
acclivity
n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] -
acerbity
n 1: a sharp bitterness 2: a sharp sour taste [syn: acerbity, tartness] 3: a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness] -
acidity
n 1: the property of being acidic [syn: sourness, sour, acidity] 2: the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth [syn: acidity, acidulousness] 3: pH values below 7 [ant: alkalinity] -
acridity
n 1: having an acrid smell 2: extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali" [syn: acridity, acridness] 3: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone [syn: acridity, acridness] -
activity
n 1: any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" [ant: inactivity] 2: the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" [syn: action, activity, activeness] [ant: inaction, inactiveness, inactivity] 3: an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" [syn: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity] 4: (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity" 5: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" [syn: natural process, natural action, action, activity] 6: the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" [syn: activeness, activity] [ant: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia] -
affinity
n 1: (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody 2: (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship [ant: blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity] 3: (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans" [syn: affinity, phylogenetic relation] 4: a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" [syn: affinity, kinship] 5: the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" [syn: affinity, chemical attraction] 6: inherent resemblance between persons or things 7: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" -
algidity
n 1: prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure -
alkalinity
n 1: pH values above 7 [ant: acidity] -
amenity
n 1: pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age" [syn: agreeableness, amenity] [ant: disagreeableness] -
amity
n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: amity, cordiality] 2: a state of friendship and cordiality -
anonymity
n 1: the state of being anonymous [syn: anonymity, namelessness] -
aridity
n 1: the quality of yielding nothing of value [syn: fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness] [ant: fecundity, fruitfulness] 2: a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) [syn: aridity, aridness, thirstiness] -
asininity
n 1: the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness -
autoimmunity
n 1: production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions -
avidity
n 1: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness] -
benignity
n 1: the quality of being kind and gentle [syn: benignity, benignancy, graciousness] [ant: malignance, malignancy, malignity] 2: a kind act [syn: kindness, benignity] -
brevity
n 1: the use of brief expressions 2: the attribute of being brief or fleeting [syn: brevity, briefness, transience] -
calamity
n 1: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm] -
captivity
n 1: the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement] 2: the state of being a slave; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare [syn: enslavement, captivity] -
cavity
n 1: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" [syn: pit, cavity] 2: space that is surrounded by something [syn: cavity, enclosed space] 3: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay] 4: (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body [syn: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum] -
chastity
n 1: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention] 2: morality with respect to sexual relations [syn: virtue, chastity, sexual morality] -
comity
n 1: a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect -
commodity
n 1: articles of commerce [syn: commodity, trade good, good] -
community
n 1: a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" 2: common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions" 3: a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to join the NATO community" 4: agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests" [syn: community, community of interests] 5: a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences [syn: residential district, residential area, community] 6: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other [syn: community, biotic community] -
concavity
n 1: a shape that curves or bends inward [syn: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature] 2: the property possessed by a concave shape [syn: concavity, concaveness] -
conductivity
n 1: the transmission of heat or electricity or sound [syn: conduction, conductivity] -
conformity
n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformity, conformance] 2: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity] 3: orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: conformity, conformism] [ant: nonconformance, nonconformism, nonconformity] 4: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal" [syn: accord, conformity, accordance] 5: hardened conventionality [syn: ossification, conformity] -
connectivity
n 1: the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections -
consanguinity
n 1: (anthropology) related by blood [syn: consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation] [ant: affinity] -
creativity
n 1: the ability to create [syn: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking] [ant: uncreativeness] -
crudity
n 1: a wild or unrefined state [syn: crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness] 2: an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" [syn: crudeness, crudity, gaucheness] -
cupidity
n 1: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity] -
declivity
n 1: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] -
deformity
n 1: an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed [syn: deformity, malformation, misshapenness] 2: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity] -
depravity
n 1: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction] 2: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity, turpitude] -
dignity
n 1: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure" [syn: dignity, self-respect, self-regard, self-worth] 2: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravitas] 3: high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries" -
dimity
n 1: a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains -
disunity
n 1: lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) -
divinity
n 1: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity, god, immortal] 2: the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs" 3: white creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity, divinity fudge] 4: the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth [syn: theology, divinity] -
enmity
n 1: a state of deep-seated ill-will [syn: hostility, enmity, antagonism] 2: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [syn: hostility, enmity, ill will] -
enormity
n 1: the quality of being outrageous [syn: outrageousness, enormity] 2: vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task" 3: the quality of extreme wickedness 4: an act of extreme wickedness -
entity
n 1: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) -
equanimity
n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure] -
eternity
n 1: time without end [syn: eternity, infinity] 2: a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife [syn: eternity, timelessness, timeless existence] 3: a seemingly endless time interval (waiting) -
extremity
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity, appendage, member] 2: an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) 3: the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair" 4: the outermost or farthest region or point 5: that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso -
fecundity
n 1: the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination [syn: fecundity, fruitfulness] 2: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring [syn: fertility, fecundity] [ant: infertility, sterility] 3: the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth [syn: fruitfulness, fecundity] [ant: aridity, barrenness, fruitlessness] -
femininity
n 1: the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women [syn: femininity, muliebrity] [ant: masculinity] -
festivity
n 1: any joyous diversion [syn: celebration, festivity] -
flaccidity
n 1: a flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity] -
floridity
n 1: extravagant elaborateness; "he wrote with great flamboyance" [syn: flamboyance, floridness, floridity, showiness] -
fluidity
n 1: the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" [syn: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness] 2: a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity" [syn: fluidity, fluidness] -
fraternity
n 1: a social club for male undergraduates [syn: fraternity, frat] 2: people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity" [syn: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality] -
frigidity
n 1: sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse [syn: frigidity, frigidness] 2: the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness] [ant: heat, high temperature, hotness] 3: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner" [syn: coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness] -
gravity
n 1: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force] 2: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness] 3: a solemn and dignified feeling [syn: gravity, solemnity] [ant: levity] -
heredity
n 1: the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next 2: the total of inherited attributes [syn: heredity, genetic endowment] -
humanity
n 1: the quality of being humane 2: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" [syn: humanness, humanity, manhood] 3: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man] -
humidity
n 1: wetness in the atmosphere [syn: humidity, humidness] -
hyperactivity
n 1: a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement -
hypersensitivity
n 1: pathological sensitivity 2: extreme sensitivity -
identity
n 1: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [syn: identity, personal identity, individuality] 2: the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known; "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover" 3: an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1" [syn: identity, identity element, identity operator] 4: exact sameness; "they shared an identity of interests" [syn: identity, identicalness, indistinguishability] -
immunity
n 1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" [syn: unsusceptibility, immunity] [ant: susceptibility, susceptibleness] 2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: immunity, resistance] 3: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" 4: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, granting immunity] -
impassivity
n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality] -
importunity
n 1: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency, urging] -
impunity
n 1: exemption from punishment or loss -
inactivity
n 1: the state of being inactive [syn: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness] [ant: action, activeness, activity] 2: a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia] [ant: activeness, activity] 3: being inactive; being less active [ant: activity] -
inanity
n 1: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness] -
indemnity
n 1: protection against future loss [syn: indemnity, insurance] 2: legal exemption from liability for damages 3: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress] -
indignity
n 1: an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem -
infinity
n 1: time without end [syn: eternity, infinity] -
infirmity
n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism] -
inhumanity
n 1: the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others [syn: inhumaneness, inhumanity] [ant: humaneness] 2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: atrocity, inhumanity] -
insanity
n 1: relatively permanent disorder of the mind [ant: saneness, sanity] -
insensitivity
n 1: the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment [syn: insensitivity, insensitiveness] [ant: sensitiveness, sensitivity] -
insipidity
n 1: extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest [syn: boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity] 2: lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property [syn: blandness, insipidity, insipidness] -
intrepidity
n 1: resolute courageousness [syn: dauntlessness, intrepidity] -
invalidity
n 1: illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses [syn: invalidity, invalidness] -
jocundity
n 1: a feeling facetious merriment [syn: jocundity, jocularity] -
lenity
n 1: mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant [syn: lenience, leniency, mildness, lenity] -
levity
n 1: feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness [ant: gravity, solemnity] 2: a manner lacking seriousness -
limpidity
n 1: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity] [ant: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness] 2: passing light without diffusion or distortion [syn: pellucidness, pellucidity, limpidity] -
liquidity
n 1: the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility [syn: liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state] 2: the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" [syn: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness] 3: being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability -
longevity
n 1: duration of service; "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual longevity in the company" [syn: longevity, length of service] 2: the property of being long-lived [syn: longevity, seniority] -
lucidity
n 1: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity] [ant: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness] 2: a lucid state of mind; not confused -
maggoty
adj 1: spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots" [syn: flyblown, maggoty] -
magnanimity
n 1: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness] -
malignity
n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: malevolence, malignity] [ant: benevolence] 2: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will [syn: malignity, malignancy, malignance] [ant: benignancy, benignity, graciousness] -
masculinity
n 1: the properties characteristic of the male sex [syn: maleness, masculinity] [ant: femaleness, feminineness] 2: the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men [ant: femininity, muliebrity] -
maternity
n 1: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus [syn: pregnancy, gestation, maternity] 2: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother [syn: motherhood, maternity] 3: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children" [syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternity] -
modernity
n 1: the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village" [syn: modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness] -
morbidity
n 1: the relative incidence of a particular disease 2: an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; "his fear of being alone verges on morbidity" [syn: morbidity, morbidness] 3: the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you [syn: unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity] [ant: wholesomeness] -
naivety
n 1: lack of sophistication or worldliness [syn: naivete, naivety, naiveness] [ant: mundaneness, mundanity, sophistication, worldliness] -
nativity
n 1: the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" [syn: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence] [ant: death, decease, expiry] 2: the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas [syn: Virgin Birth, Nativity] -
negativity
n 1: the character of the negative electric pole [syn: negativity, negativeness] [ant: positiveness, positivity] 2: characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands [syn: negativity, negativeness, negativism] [ant: positiveness, positivism, positivity] 3: an amount less than zero [syn: negativity, negativeness] [ant: positiveness, positivity] 4: (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond [syn: electronegativity, negativity] -
nonconformity
n 1: lack of harmony or correspondence 2: a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs [syn: nonconformity, nonconformism, nonconformance] [ant: conformism, conformity] 3: unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values 4: failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior [syn: nonconformity, nonconformance] [ant: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity] -
nonentity
n 1: the state of not existing [syn: nonexistence, nonentity] [ant: being, beingness, existence] 2: a person of no influence [syn: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity] -
nudity
n 1: the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind [syn: nakedness, nudity, nudeness] -
objectivity
n 1: judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices [syn: objectivity, objectiveness] -
obscenity
n 1: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity] 2: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word] 3: an obscene act -
oddity
n 1: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: oddity, oddness] 2: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] 3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity]
See also quaternity definition and quaternity synonyms
