Main entry: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Main entry: quality, caliber, calibre
Definition: a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Usage: the quality of students has risen; an executive of low caliber
Main entry: quality, timber, timbre, tone
Definition: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Usage: the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely; the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Main entry: quality, lineament, character
Definition: a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Usage: each town has a quality all its own; the radical character of our demands
Main entry: quality
Definition: high social status
Usage: a man of quality
Main entry: quality
Definition: of high social status
Usage: people of quality; a quality family
Main entry: choice, select, prime, prize, quality
Definition: of superior grade
Usage: choice wines; prime beef; prize carnations; quality paper; select peaches