adaptability

Noun

adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)

1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
   • But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.2020 June 30, Spencer Wright, “My fraternity taught me the secret to surviving a pandemic”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026

   Synonyms:

   adaptableness

2. Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
   • Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic – meaning environments]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2023