facility

Plural: facilities

Noun

• The quality of being easily achieved or performed; ease.
• a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  • "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
• skillful performance or ability without difficulty
  • "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
• a natural effortlessness; ; --Jane Austen
  • "they conversed with great facility"
• something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
• a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
  • "a cell phone with internet facility"
• The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
• A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
• The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
• Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
• Clipping of credit facility.
• A toilet.
• A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
• Affability.

Examples

• He played with such facility, finding high-scoring words effortlessly.
• The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
• Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.

Synonyms

adeptness, adroitness, deftness, installation, quickness, readiness, ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency, cunning, dexterity, ease, facility, knack, list, moxie, potential, proficiency, skill, talent, tekkers, touch