advisability

Whether something's smart

The quality of being wise or sensible to do.

Advisability concerns whether something should be done, not whether it can be: The committee debated the advisability of raising fees.

The word appears most often in formal contexts where decisions require justification: I question the advisability of proceeding without legal counsel.

feasibility

practicality

Quality of being useful

applicability · achievability · doability · attainability · manageability · implementability · expediency · soundness · effectiveness · usefulness

assessment

evaluation

Determining worth or quality

appraisal · scrutiny · examination · weighing · judgment · determination · calculation · review · estimation · reckoning

prudence

caution

Careful attention to risk

carefulness · judiciousness · wariness · heedfulness · precaution · vigilance · restraint · moderation · temperance · conservatism

recommendation

counsel

Expert guidance offered

endorsement · advocacy · encouragement · sanction · approval · support · urging · proposition · consultation · directive

Opposites
prudence

advisabilityinadvisability

Unwise nature of something

unwisdom · imprudence · folly · injudiciousness · recklessness

feasibility

advisabilityinfeasibility

Quality of being unworkable

impracticality · inopportuneness · untimeliness · disadvantage · unsuitability

feasibility/practicality

advisabilityinfeasibility

Quality of being unworkable

impracticality · unworkability · inexpedience · impracticability

Family

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