quality

1. 1.

   of superior grade

   “choice wines”

   “prime beef”

   “prize carnations”

   “quality paper”

   “select peaches”

   Synonymschoiceprimeprizeselect

   Similarsuperior
2. 2.

   of high social status

   “people of quality”

   “a quality family”

   Similarupper-class

Other forms of quality

plural

qualities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quality

What does quality mean?

quality means "an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quality?

quality has 3 syllables: qua-li-ty. The stress falls on "qua". In IPA it is /ˈkwɑləti/.

What is another word for quality?

Close synonyms include caliber, calibre, character, lineament, timbre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quality a common word?

quality is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with quality?

2 words rhyme with quality. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.