versatility
Syllables: ver·sa·til·i·ty/ˌvɜː.səˈtɪl.ɪ.tiː/US/ˌvɜɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/
versatility noun: the property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
Noun
versatility (usually uncountable, plural versatilities)
- The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
- Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749
- We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- versatileness, flexibility
- Antonyms:
- unversatility
versatility meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
versatility in Tamil
- பல்திசையியக்கத்திறம், பன்முகத்திறன், பன்முகப்புலமை
versatility in Marathi
- अष्टपैलूता
versatility in Urdu
- ہمہ گیری, ہمہ جہتی
versatility in Malayalam
- നാനാവിഷയങ്ങളിലുള്ള പാണ്ഡിത്യം
More languagesFewer languages
- versatility in Kannada
- ಸರ್ವತೋಮುಖ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಬಹುಮುಖ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ
Examples of versatility in a sentence
- Carving movements give you the versatility to ski on all snow, on all terrain.
- The Fudd was favored for its flotation, while the Kahuna earned an “A+” for versatility.
- There are no props but the muscular versatility of the human form.
Synonyms of versatility
Antonyms
Forms of versatility
| plural | versatilities |
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Origin of versatility
From versatile + -ity.
Words formed from versatility
Words that rhyme with versatility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
Questions about versatility
- What does versatility mean?
- Versatility means the property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
- What is versatility in Tamil?
- Versatility in Tamil is பல்திசையியக்கத்திறம், பன்முகத்திறன், பன்முகப்புலமை. See Versatility meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is versatility?
- Versatility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce versatility?
- Versatility is pronounced /ˌvɜː.səˈtɪl.ɪ.tiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of versatility?
- The plural of versatility is versatilities.
Words near versatility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: versatility (page history and authors); versatility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); versatility (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); versatility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); versatility (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); versatility (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.
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