quality

adjective

  1. 1

    of high social status

    people of quality

    a quality family

  2. 2

    of superior grade

    choice wines

    prime beef

noun

  1. 1

    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

    the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

  2. 2

    a degree or grade of excellence or worth

    the quality of students has risen

    an executive of low caliber

  3. 3

    (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

    the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely

    the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet

  4. 4

    a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

    each town has a quality all its own

    the radical character of our demands

  5. 5

    high social status

    a man of quality

Synonyms

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