Facilitativeness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of being helpful or conducive to the achievement of a desired outcome
2. the capacity to make processes easier or more efficient
3. an attribute that enhances the effectiveness of actions or interactions

Etymology: "Facilitativeness" is a plain piece of English word-building: the adjective "facilitative," meaning helpful in making something easier or more likely, with the suffix "-ness" added to turn that quality into a noun. The adjective itself is built from "facilitate," which in turn comes from the Latin "facilis," meaning easy, so the whole chain traces back to the idea of making things easy. The "-ness" suffix is one of English's oldest and most productive endings, inherited from Old English and attached freely to adjectives to name a state or quality. That is why a speaker can coin a word like this on the spot and still have it understood: the suffix tells the listener it names the quality of being whatever the adjective describes.

Synonyms: helpfulness, usefulness, supportiveness, assistance, conduciveness

Antonyms: hindrance, obstruction, impediment, barrier, difficulty