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Desirability

The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.

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Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Goodness 76% connected

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

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Sultriness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sultry.

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Desirable 74% connected

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Desirable 74% connected

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

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Desirableness 92% connected

The quality of being desirable.

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Advantage noun · 86% connection

benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

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Advisability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being advisable; "they questioned the advisability of our policy"

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Benefit noun · 86% connection

something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all"

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Better noun · 86% connection

something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better"

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Cost noun · 86% connection

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetar…

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Disparity noun · 86% connection

inequality or difference in some respect

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GDP noun · 86% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Gross domestic product noun · 86% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Inequality noun · 86% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Interest noun · 86% connection

a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common…

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Laudability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being worthy of praise

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Laudableness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being worthy of praise

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Merit noun · 86% connection

the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

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Monetary value noun · 86% connection

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetar…

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Nonequivalence noun · 86% connection

not interchangeable

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Praiseworthiness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being worthy of praise

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Price noun · 86% connection

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetar…

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Reasonableness noun · 86% connection

goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges"

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Appetibility noun · 78% connection

The quality of being desirable.

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Appetible adjective · 78% connection

Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

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Best adjective · 78% connection

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: desirable, desirableness.
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Catch noun · 78% connection

Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.

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Conduce noun · 78% connection

To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

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Covetable adjective · 78% connection

That may be coveted; desirable.

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Desiderable adjective · 78% connection

Desirable.

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Desirably adverb · 78% connection

In a desirable manner.

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Destitute adjective · 78% connection

Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

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Eligible adjective · 78% connection

Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: desirable, desirableness.
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Eligibleness noun · 78% connection

The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.

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Enjoy verb · 78% connection

To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirabl…

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