Definition of Fitness

1. Noun. The quality of being suitable. "They had to prove their fitness for the position"

Exact synonyms: Fittingness
Generic synonyms: Suitability, Suitableness
Specialized synonyms: Making, Qualification, Habitability, Habitableness
Derivative terms: Fit, Fit, Fitting, Fitting
Antonyms: Unfitness

2. Noun. Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition.
Exact synonyms: Physical Fitness
Generic synonyms: Condition, Shape
Specialized synonyms: Fettle
Antonyms: Unfitness

3. Noun. Fitness to traverse the seas.
Exact synonyms: Seaworthiness
Generic synonyms: Soundness
Attributes: Seaworthy, Unseaworthy
Derivative terms: Seaworthy

4. Noun. The quality of being qualified.
Generic synonyms: Competence, Competency
Derivative terms: Fit

Definition of Fitness

1. n. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

Definition of Fitness

1. Noun. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. ¹

2. Noun. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique. ¹

3. Noun. (UK slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fitness

1. the state of being fit [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Fitness

1. 1. Well-being. 2. Suitability. 3. In population genetics, a measure of the relative survival and reproductive success of a given individual or phenotype, or of a population subgroup. 4. A set of attributes, primarily respiratory and cardiovascular, relating to ability to perform tasks requiring expenditure of energy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fitness

fitchews
fitchy
fitché
fitful
fitfully
fitfulness
fitfulnesses
fitlier
fitliest
fitly
fitment
fitments
fitna
fitnah
fitnas
fitness (current term)
fitness center
fitness centers
fitness model
fitness models
fitnesses
fitra
fits
fits and starts
fits the bill
fitt
fittable
fitte
fitted
fitted cap

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