Meanings
nounadaptiveness (usually uncountable, plural adaptivenesses)
plural adaptivenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
Near-synonyms: adaptability, adaptableness
1 more example
With female adaptiveness she fell in with his humour, and looked at the world through his eyes.
1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles HawSynonyms: adaptativeness, adaptivity, adaptability, adaptableness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
- Proto-Italic*aptos
- Latinaptus
- Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
- Proto-Italic*apjō
- Latinapiō
- Latinaptō
- Latinadaptō
- Middle English*adapten
- Englishadapt
- Englishadaptive
- Englishadaptiveness
From adaptive + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian адапти́вност
- адапти́вност (adaptívnost)state or quality of being adaptive
Finnish mukautuvuus, sopeutuvuus
- mukautuvuusstate or quality of being adaptive
- sopeutuvuusstate or quality of being adaptive
Greek προσαρμοστικότητα
- προσαρμοστικότητα (prosarmostikótita)state or quality of being adaptive
Polish adaptacyjność, przystosowalność
- adaptacyjnośćstate or quality of being adaptive
- przystosowalnośćstate or quality of being adaptive
- przystosowawczośćstate or quality of being adaptive
- adaptatywnośćstate or quality of being adaptive
Portuguese adaptatividade
- adaptatividadestate or quality of being adaptive
Turkish uyumluluk
- uyumlulukstate or quality of being adaptive
Cite this entry
APA
adaptiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptiveness
MLA
“adaptiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptiveness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adaptiveness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adaptiveness.
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