Adaptability

Quick meaning: Adaptability is a noun meaning The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

Meaning

The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

More Meanings

1. (biology) 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.

Example Sentences

But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.

Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.

Word Forms

• adaptabilities

Synonyms for adaptability

Depending on context, synonyms include adaptableness.

Antonyms for adaptability

Common opposites include unadaptability.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adaption, adaptive, adapted, adaptation, adapt, responsiveness.

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