Word.ws English Dictionary

ADL

ADL is the initialism of activities of daily living.

ADL is the initialism of argument-dependent lookup.

ADL is the initialism of acquisition and distribution layer.

ADL is the initialism of affected document list.

ADL is the initialism of Anti-Defamation League.

ADL is the initialism of Animal Defense League.

Meaning of activities of daily living

Noun

activities of daily living pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A set of common daily activities, including bathing, feeding, and relieving oneself. A person’s ability or inability to perform them is used as a measurement of their functional status.
    Synonyms:
    ADL, ADLs

Forms of ADL

pluralADLs

Questions about ADL

What is ADL the initialism of?
ADL is the initialism of activities of daily living.

Words near ADL in the dictionary

  1. Adkinsons
  2. Adkison
  3. Adkisons
  4. Adkisson
  5. Adkissons
  6. ADL
  7. Adlai
  8. Adlam
  9. adland
  10. Adlaon
  11. Adlawan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ADL (page history and authors); activities of daily living (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ADL.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/adl. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.