facility

Building for operations

Facility is a place or building designed for a particular purpose: a manufacturing facility, a medical facility, a research facility.

The word often appears in bureaucratic or institutional contexts where it sounds more formal than "building" or "place." Facility also means ease or skill in doing something: She speaks French with great facility.

The plural facilities commonly refers to restrooms: Where are the facilities?

skillfulness

ease

Lack of strain

adeptness · competence · mastery · finesse · prowess · knack · talent · aptitude · effortlessness · grace

building

hospital

Medical treatment facility

laboratory · school · library · museum · asylum · jail · barracks · sanatorium · reformatory · courthouse

organization

agency

Power to act

enterprise · corporation · association · foundation · collective · establishment · bureau · department · commission · administration

amenity

gym

Exercise facility

  • poolCollective fund or basin
  • spaTherapeutic wellness facility
  • saunaHeated room for sweating

parking · restroom · lounge · cafeteria · playground · laundry · childcare · recreation · accommodation · en-suite

Categories
Opposites
ease of performance

facilitydifficulty

State of being hard

hardness · effort · struggle · labor · trouble

skill/competence

facilityawkwardness

Lack of grace or ease

clumsiness · ineptitude · incompetence · maladroitness · inability

physical infrastructure

facilitywilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

open land · vacant lot · wasteland · empty space

Phrases
Family

facilitate, facilities, facilitation, facilitator, facilitating, facilitative

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G