SOUNDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soundness mean? 

• SOUNDNESS (noun)
  The noun SOUNDNESS has 3 senses:

1. a state or condition free from damage or decay

2. the quality of being prudent and sensible

3. the muscle tone of healthy tissue

  Familiarity information: SOUNDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUNDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state or condition free from damage or decay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("soundness" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soundness"):

seaworthiness (fitness to traverse the seas)

airworthiness (fitness to fly)

Antonym:

unsoundness (a condition of damage or decay)

Derivation:

sound (financially secure and safe)

sound (in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being prudent and sensible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

soundness; wisdom; wiseness

Hypernyms ("soundness" is a kind of...):

good; goodness (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soundness"):

advisability (the quality of being advisable)

reasonableness (goodness of reason and judgment)

Antonym:

unsoundness (not mentally or physically healthy)

Derivation:

sound (free from moral defect)

sound (logically valid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The muscle tone of healthy tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

firmness; soundness

Context example:

his muscular firmness

Hypernyms ("soundness" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Antonym:

unsoundness (not mentally or physically healthy)

Derivation:

sound (in excellent physical condition)