Definition of AMENITY

amenity

Meanings

Plural: amenities

Noun

  • pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
  • Pleasantness.
  • A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
  • Convenience.
  • A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Antonyms

disagreeableness

Scrabble Score: 12

amenity is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
amenity is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amenity is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

amenity is a valid Words With Friends word