'Fitness' definitions:
Definition of 'fitness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" [syn: fitness, fittingness] [ant: unfitness]
noun
Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition [syn: fitness, physical fitness] [ant: softness, unfitness]
noun
Fitness to traverse the seas [syn: seaworthiness, fitness]
noun
The quality of being qualified
Definition of 'Fitness'
From: GCIDE
- Fitness \Fit"ness\, n. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fitness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- ableness,
- acceptability,
- account,
- adequacy,
- admissibility,
- advantage,
- advantageousness,
- advisability,
- applicability,
- appositeness,
- appropriateness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- auspiciousness,
- becomingness,
- beneficialness,
- bloom,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- chargedness,
- civility,
- competence,
- competency,
- condition,
- convenience,
- correctitude,
- correctness,
- criticality,
- crucialness,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- desirability,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- eligibility,
- eligible,
- emotional health,
- expedience,
- expediency,
- facility,
- faculty,
- favorableness,
- feasibility,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- fettle,
- fine fettle,
- fittedness,
- fittingness,
- flair,
- flush,
- fruitfulness,
- genius,
- genteelness,
- gentility,
- glow,
- good shape,
- goodness,
- happiness,
- harmony,
- health,
- healthiness,
- Hygeia,
- kilter,
- loadedness,
- mastery,
- maturity,
- meetness,
- mental health,
- niceness,
- normality,
- normativeness,
- opportuneness,
- order,
- percentage,
- pertinence,
- physical condition,
- physical fitness,
- politicness,
- pregnancy,
- preparedness,
- proficiency,
- profit,
- profitability,
- properness,
- propitiousness,
- proprieties,
- propriety,
- prudence,
- qualification,
- readiness,
- relevance,
- repair,
- righteousness,
- rightness,
- ripeness,
- rosiness,
- salubriousness,
- salubrity,
- seasonableness,
- seasoning,
- seemliness,
- service,
- serviceability,
- shape,
- sufficiency,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- susceptibility,
- talent,
- tempering,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- timeliness,
- tone,
- trim,
- urbanity,
- use,
- usefulness,
- utility,
- vigor,
- well-being,
- what it takes,
- wholesomeness,
- wisdom,
- worthiness,
- worthwhileness
Words containing 'Fitness'
- By fits,
- Fit,
- Fitful,
- Fitfully,
- Fitfulness,
- Fitly,
- Fitted,
- Fitting,
- Fittingly,
- To fit out,
- To fit up,
- fit in,
- fit out,
- fits,
- fitted out,
- have a fit,
- By fits and starts,
- Fainting fit,
- Fit rod,
- Forcing fit,
- Pipe fitting,
- Steam fitting,
- fit the bill,
- fit to be tied,
- fits and starts,
- fitted out outfitted,
- fitted sheet,
- fitted to the meridian of,
- gas fitting,
- physical fitness,
- see fit,
- throw a fit,
- tight fitting,
- tightly fitting,
- Reducing pipe fitting,
- close-fitting,
- ill-fitting,
- loose-fitting,
- tight-fitting