Antonyms for facility
fəˈsɪl ɪ tifa·cil·i·ty

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1. facility

   Ease in the sense here considered denotes freedom from conscious or apparent effort, tax, or strain. Ease may be either of condition or of action; facility is always of action; readiness is of action or of expected action. One lives at ease who has no pressing cares; one stands at ease, moves or speaks with ease, when wholly without constraint. Facility is always active; readiness may be active or passive; the speaker has facility of expression, readiness of wit; any appliance is in readiness for use. Ease of action may imply merely the possession of ample power; facility always implies practise and skill; any one can press down the keys of a typewriter with ease; only the skilled operator works the machine with facility. Readiness in the active sense includes much of the meaning of ease with the added idea of promptness or alertness. Easiness applies to the thing done, rather than to the doer. Expertness applies to the more mechanical processes of body and mind; we speak of the readiness of an orator, but of the expertness of a gymnast. Compare COMFORTABLE; DEXTERITY; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   annoyance, awkwardness, constraint, difficulty, discomfort, disquiet, irritation, perplexity, trouble, uneasiness, vexation, worry

   Synonyms:
   ease, easiness, expertness, knack, readiness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. facility

   Antonyms:
   labor, effort, awkwardness, difficulty

   Synonyms:
   ease, address, readiness, quickness, adroitness, dexterity, pliancy

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Effortlessness
   • Service
   • Skillfulness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. facility, installationnoun

   a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

   "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

   Synonyms:
   installing, instalment, installation, installment, adeptness, induction, initiation, quickness, adroitness, readiness, deftness

2. adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quicknessnoun

   skillful performance or ability without difficulty

   "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

   Synonyms:
   rapidness, celerity, installation, speediness, quick-wittedness, adeptness, rapidity, quickness, adroitness, readiness, mental quickness, deftness

3. facility, readinessnoun

   a natural effortlessness

   "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen

   Synonyms:
   zeal, eagerness, installation, forwardness, set, preparedness, adeptness, quickness, adroitness, readiness, deftness, preparation

4. facilitynoun

   something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service

   "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"; "educational facilities"

   Synonyms:
   adroitness, adeptness, readiness, deftness, quickness, installation

5. facilitynoun

   a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you

   "a cell phone with internet facility"

   Synonyms:
   adroitness, adeptness, readiness, deftness, quickness, installation

How to use facility in a sentence?

1. Sebastian Coe:

   We had a medical facility there which I don't think I've ever seen in any championship, Olympics or world championships, in Seville( 1999), we were dealing with 41 degrees of temperature. I went to Edmonton( 2001), the numbers in the stadium make this look like a first-class problem.

2. Ricky Williams:

   My last year in the NFL, I was playing for the Ravens. And one point we were in the playoffs, and I was leaving the facility and there were guys coming in with a plate full of ‘ brownies, ’ they [ were ] going to go watch film, so yeah ….

3. John Cornyn:

   Nobody should take classified materials outside of a secure facility, period.

4. Vicky Botjer:

   The Wayne County Correctional Facility is housing the defendant in a safe environment.

5. Arul Kanda:

   The loan was settled in advance of the due date, per the terms of the loan facility agreement.

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