aptness

aptness is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
2. noun. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
3. noun. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
4. noun. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
5. noun. appropriateness for the occasion

   "the phrase had considerable aptness"

   Synonyms: appositeness

6. noun. a disposition to behave in a certain way

   "the aptness of iron to rust"

   "the propensity of disease to spread"

   Synonyms: propensity

Synonyms

appositeness, propensity

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in aptness:

pantses, patness

Common word forms

aptnesses

Words from these letters

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