Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   ease, easiness, expertness, knack, readiness

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

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1. facility

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

   Antonyms:
   labor, effort, awkwardness, difficulty

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Effortlessness
   • Service
   • Skillfulness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. facilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   easiness (in doing any thing), ease

2. facilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   readiness, dexterity, expertness, quickness, knack, ability

3. facilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   affability, condescension, complaisance, urbanity, civility, politeness

4. facilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   pliancy, ductility, flexibility

5. facilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   means, resource, appliance, convenience, advantage

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1. List of paraphrases for "facility":

   installation, facilities, installations, mechanism, facilitated, plant, centre, fund, establishment, ease, institution, instrument, installing, service, annex, factory, install, center, installed, mill, device

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1. Kenneth Sullivan:

   It is impossible to keep our grocery stores stocked if our plants are not running, these facility closures will also have severe, perhaps disastrous, repercussions for many in the supply chain.

2. Joe Giacalone:

   I look at the policies, procedures and the people and see where there was a breakdown, in New York, if you had effective checks of the facility, maybe they would have found that huge hole those guys who escaped made.

3. Oleh Sych:

   We understand that this couldn't have happened without an insider. To carry out this kind of attack you need to know what kind of operating system and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) are used and what software controls the industrial facility.

4. Mike Dominguez:

   We still believe some of the people released will be a public safety danger. This is purely politics, not public safety at this point, and if we have less officers at the facility, we're going to let these inmates out to the public, to our local community, to work low income communities.

5. The British government spokesman:

   The (British) government has regularly raised Mr. Aamer's case with the U.S. authorities and we support President Obama's commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, in terms of next steps, we understand that the U.S. government has notified Congress of this decision and once that notice period has been concluded, Mr. Aamer will be returned to the UK.