Meanings
plural versatilities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.
2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN1 more example
Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.
1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749Synonyms: versatileness, flexibility · Antonyms: unversatility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being versatile or having many different abilities.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian многостранност
- многостранност (mnogostrannost)the property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Catalan versatilitat
- versatilitatthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Dutch veelzijdigheid
- veelzijdigheidthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Finnish monipuolisuus
- monipuolisuusthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
French polyvalence
- polyvalencethe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
German Vielseitigkeit, Einsatzvielfalt
- Vielseitigkeitthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- Einsatzvielfaltthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- vielseitige Anwendbarkeitthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- Flexibilitätthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- Gewandtheitthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Irish ilfheidhmeacht, ilúsáideacht
- ilfheidhmeachtthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- ilúsáideachtthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- ilchumasthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- ildánachtthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Italian versatilità
- versatilitàthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Polish uniwersalność, wszechstronność
- uniwersalnośćthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- wszechstronnośćthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Portuguese versatilidade
- versatilidadethe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Russian многосторонность, разносторонность
- многосторонность (mnogostoronnostʹ)the property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- разносторонность (raznostoronnostʹ)the property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Spanish versatilidad
- versatilidadthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Swedish mångsidighet, ombytlighet
- mångsidighetthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- ombytlighetthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
- flexibilitetthe property of being versatile or having many different abilities
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with versatility
Cite this entry
versatility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versatility
“versatility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versatility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “versatility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/versatility.
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