Meanings
alternative archaic amœnity
- uncountablePleasantness.
We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
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The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.
1834, George Bancroft, “Spaniards in the United States”, in History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume I (Colonial History), Boston, Mass.: Charles Bowen; London: R. J. Kennett, →OCLC, page 71 - uncountableConvenience.
- uncountableurban studiesA unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.
Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on amenity, overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them.
2005, James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency, Grove Atlantic, page 40Synonyms: facility, infrastructure
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.
More synonyms by meaning
nounpleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinamoenitās“pleasantness, delightfulness”
- Middle Frenchamenité
- Middle Englishamenite
- Englishamenity
Inherited from Middle English amenite, amenyte, partly from Middle French amenité and partly from its etymon, Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.
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Arabic مِرْفَق
- مِرْفَق (mirfaq)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
Catalan amenitat, comoditat
- amenitatpleasantness
- comoditatsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Chinese Mandarin 適宜 /适宜, 舒適 /舒适
- 適宜 /适宜 (shìyí)pleasantness
- 舒適 /舒适 (shūshì)pleasantness
- 令人舒適之物 /令人舒适之物 (lìng rén shūshì zhī wù)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
- 令人舒適的設備 /令人舒适的设备 (lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
- 福利設施 /设施 (fúlì)unit of community infrastructure
- 便民設施 /设施 (biànmín)unit of community infrastructure
- 便利設施 /便利设施 (biànlì shèshī)unit of community infrastructure
- 便利服務 /便利服务 (biànlì fúwù)unit of community infrastructure
Czech příjemnost, pohodlí
- příjemnostpleasantness
- pohodlípleasantness
- vymoženostsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Dutch geriefelijkheid, aangenaamheid
- geriefelijkheidpleasantness
- aangenaamheidpleasantness
- voorzieningsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- faciliteitunit of community infrastructure
Finnish miellyttävyys, mukavuus
- miellyttävyyspleasantness
- mukavuussomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- mukavuusunit of community infrastructure
- palveluunit of community infrastructure
French aménité, agrément
- aménitépleasantness
- agrémentpleasantness
- commoditésomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- équipementunit of community infrastructure
German Annehmlichkeit, Anmut
- Annehmlichkeitpleasantness
- Anmutpleasantness
- Annehmlichkeitsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- Einrichtungunit of community infrastructure
- öffentliche Einrichtungunit of community infrastructure
- Anlageunit of community infrastructure
- Ausstattungunit of community infrastructure
Hungarian kellemesség, kényelem
- kellemességpleasantness
- kényelempleasantness
- figyelmességsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Indonesian amenitas
- amenitassomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Irish áis
- áissomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Italian amenità
- amenitàpleasantness
Māori rauemi whakatāupe, taonga whakaahuru
- rauemi whakatāupesomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- taonga whakaahurusomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- hanga tukuorasomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Portuguese amenidade, regalo
- amenidadepleasantness
- regalosomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- comodidadesomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- infraestruturaunit of community infrastructure
Russian прия́тность, мя́гкость
- прия́тность (prijátnostʹ)pleasantness
- мя́гкость (mjáxkostʹ)pleasantness
- удо́бство (udóbstvo)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
- комфорта́бельность (komfortábelʹnostʹ)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
Scottish Gaelic goireas
- goireassomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Spanish comodidad, amenidad
- comodidadpleasantness
- amenidadpleasantness
- comodidadsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- amenidadsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Swedish bekvämlighet
- bekvämlighetsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Turkish hoşluk, tatlılık
- hoşlukpleasantness
- tatlılıkpleasantness
- tesissomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- hizmetsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- imkânsomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
- olanaksomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
Ukrainian приє́мність, зручність
- приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ)pleasantness
- зручність (zručnistʹ)something that makes life easier or more pleasant
Vietnamese sự dễ chịu, tiện nghi
- sự dễ chịupleasantness
- tiện nghisomething that makes life easier or more pleasant
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Cite this entry
amenity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amenity
“amenity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amenity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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