Appropriateness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appropriateness \Ap*pro"pri*ate*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
     --Froude.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  appropriateness
       n 1: appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn: {rightness}]
            [ant: {inappropriateness}]
       2: the quality of being specially suitable [ant: {inappropriateness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "appropriateness":
     account, advantage, aid, allotment, allowance, applicability,
     appositeness, appropriation, aptness, assistance, expediency,
     fitness, grant, grant-in-aid, help, meetness, order, propriety,
     relevance, rightness, service, serviceability, stipend, subsidy,
     subvention, suitability, suitableness, use, usefulness, utility