quality

Adjective

• of high social status
  • people of quality
    
  • a quality family
    

• of superior grade
  • choice wines
    
  • prime beef
    
  • prize carnations
    
  • quality paper
    
  • select peaches
    

Noun

• high social status
  • a man of quality
    

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  • the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
    
  • the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
    

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
  • each town has a quality all its own
    
  • the radical character of our demands
    

• a degree or grade of excellence or worth
  • the quality of students has risen
    
  • an executive of low caliber
    

• an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  • the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  choice , prime(a) , prize , select , timbre , timber , tone , character , lineament , caliber , calibre