facility
14 synonyms and 0 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
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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.”
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.”
How to use facility
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
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.