ADAPTABILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("adaptability" is a kind of...):

ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adaptability"):

flexibility; flexibleness (the quality of being adaptable or variable)

pliability; pliancy; pliantness; suppleness (adaptability of mind or character)

Antonym:

unadaptability (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)

Derivation:

adaptable (capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use)