Antonyms for quality
ˈkwɒl ɪ tiqual·i·ty

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1. qualitynoun

   A quality (Latin qualis, such) — the "suchness" of anything, according to the German idiom — denotes what a thing really is in some one respect; an attribute is what we conceive a thing to be in some one respect; thus, while attribute may, quality must, express something of the real nature of that to which it is ascribed; we speak of the attributes of God, the qualities of matter. "Originally 'the attributes of God' was preferred, probably, because men assumed no knowledge of the actual qualities of the Deity, but only of those more or less fitly attributed to him." J. A. H. Murray. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Holiness is an attribute of God; the attributes of many heathen deities have been only the qualities of wicked men joined to superhuman power. A property (Latin proprius, one's own) is what belongs especially to one thing as its own peculiar possession, in distinction from all other things; when we speak of the qualities or the properties of matter, quality is the more general, property the more limited term. A quality is inherent; a property may be transient; physicists now, however, prefer to term those qualities manifested by all bodies (such as impenetrability, extension, etc.), general properties of matter, while those peculiar to certain substances or to certain states of those substances (as fluidity, malleability, etc.) are termed specific properties; in this wider use of the word property, it becomes strictly synonymous with quality. Compare CHARACTERISTIC; EMBLEM.

   Antonyms:
   being, essence, nature, substance

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, property

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1. quality

   Antonyms:
   anomalousness, heterogeneousness, nondescript, incapacity, weakness, instistinctiveness, ineffectiveness, disqualification, negation, disability

   Synonyms:
   condition, character, property, attribute, peculiarity, disposition, temper, sort, kind, description, capacity, power, virtue, nature, tendency

Matched Categories

1. • Attribute
   • Music
   • Sound Property

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.5 / 10 votes

1. qualitynoun

   an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

   "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

   Antonyms:
   middle-class, inferior, lower-class, low-class

   Synonyms:
   calibre, timber, caliber, lineament, timbre, tone, character

2. quality, caliber, calibrenoun

   a degree or grade of excellence or worth

   "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"

   Antonyms:
   inferior, middle-class, lower-class, low-class

   Synonyms:
   lineament, character, tone, timbre, caliber, bore, calibre, timber, gauge

3. quality, character, lineamentnoun

   a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

   "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"

   Antonyms:
   low-class, middle-class, lower-class, inferior

   Synonyms:
   fibre, grapheme, type, feature, character reference, caliber, graphic symbol, lineament, fiber, role, fictional character, fictitious character, timber, case, part, persona, reference, character, theatrical role, tone, eccentric, timbre, calibre

4. timbre, timber, quality, tonenoun

   (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

   "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

   Antonyms:
   middle-class, lower-class, inferior, low-class

   Synonyms:
   note, shade, smell, tone of voice, caliber, tonicity, lineament, feel, feeling, flavor, timber, look, tint, lumber, tonus, flavour, spirit, whole step, tincture, timberland, pure tone, step, forest, whole tone, character, tone, woodland, timbre, calibre, musical note

5. qualityadjective

   high social status

   "a man of quality"

   Antonyms:
   lower-class, inferior, low-class, middle-class

   Synonyms:
   calibre, timber, caliber, lineament, timbre, tone, character

6. choice, prime(a), prize, quality, selectadjective

   of superior grade

   "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

   Antonyms:
   lower-class, inferior, low-class, middle-class

7. qualityadjective

   of high social status

   "people of quality"; "a quality family"

   Antonyms:
   lower-class, inferior, middle-class, low-class

   Synonyms:
   choice, select, prize, prime(a)

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1. qualitynoun

   Synonyms:
   nature, character, sort, strain, condition, characteristic, peculiarity, trait, property, attribute, attribution, accident, high rank, nobility, gentry, aristocracy

How to use quality in a sentence?

1. Daron Hicklin:

   I'm not naive. I realise that quality of life and income are inextricably bound together, but sooner or later we're going to have to ask ourselves whether it is possible to make life more meaningful without charging it to Visa.

2. Francois Curiel:

   It is absolutely a top price for a stone of this quality, because of its color. There are few pink-pink the way this one was, it shows we are dealing with a very healthy stone market.

3. Ben Horsley:

   At the end of the day, our goal is to provide quality instruction for students and when we don't have the substitute teachers there to do that, that's just not feasible.

4. Patrick Cantlay:

   I think it would be really, really hard to bring it as hard as you could or peak if you played 35 weeks out of the year, so the way I think about it is to play less but have more quality starts, and I do n’t give much thinking about peaking or not peaking particular weeks.

5. Nicklaus Cantlay:

   I definitely said that to myself down the stretch today on the back nine, it put me a little more at ease, and I hit a lot of really nice, quality shots with the lead.

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