SATISFACTORINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

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

adequacy; adequateness (the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:)

acceptability; acceptableness (satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards)

Antonym:

unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)

Derivation:

satisfactory (meeting requirements)

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)