Noun

• (42)S: (n) quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone) "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
• (16)S: (n) quality, caliber, calibre (a degree or grade of excellence or worth) "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"
• (12)S: (n) quality, character, lineament (a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something) "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
• (6)S: (n) timbre, timber, quality, tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)) "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
• S: (n) quality (high social status) "a man of quality"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) social station, social status, social rank, rank (position in a social hierarchy) "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
• S: (n) status, position (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society) "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
• S: (n) state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes) "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
• S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form

Adjective

• S: (adj) choice, prime, prize, quality, select (of superior grade) "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
• S: (adj) quality (of high social status) "people of quality"; "a quality family"