facility

19 synonyms and 4 antonyms for facility, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — A building, room or piece of equipment set up and used for a particular activity or service.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

complex plant centre provision service ease

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

installation premises readiness convenience flair

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

adroitness quickness adeptness deftness amenity aptitude knack dexterity

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

A building, room or piece of equipment set up and used for a particular activity or service.

“The company opened a new research facility outside Boston.”

installation complex premises plant centre adroitness quickness readiness adeptness deftness

2. noun

A service, feature or amenity provided for people to use, often one of several offered together.

“The hotel has excellent facilities for families, including a pool and a crèche.”

amenity provision service convenience

3. noun formal

A natural ability to do something easily and well.

“She has a remarkable facility for languages.”

aptitude knack flair ease dexterity

Opposites

effort labor awkwardness difficulty

How to use facility

The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.

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Neutral in the 'building' sense and very common in business and government writing. The 'natural ability' sense is formal and mostly literary.

Etymology

From Latin facilitas 'easiness', from facilis 'easy', from facere 'to do, to make'. The 'ease, skill' sense came into English first; the 'building or amenity' sense developed later.

Full origin of facility →

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a facility and a faculty?

A facility is a place or a service, such as a training facility or sports facilities. A faculty is either a mental power, like the faculty of speech, or a department of a university and the staff who teach in it. The two are unrelated in meaning despite sounding similar.

Does facilities always mean the toilets?

No. In general use, facilities means whatever equipment, rooms or services are available, such as conference facilities or cooking facilities. It is only a polite word for toilets in certain contexts, usually spoken British English.

What does credit facility mean?

In finance, a facility is an arrangement under which a lender agrees to make money available to a borrower, such as an overdraft or a revolving credit line. The borrower can draw on it as needed rather than receiving a single lump sum.

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