| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expertise, skill |
Synonyms: |
ability, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, competence, cunning, dexterity, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, proficiency, technique |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit, scheme |
Synonyms: |
art, artfulness, artifice, cageyness, canniness, contrivance, craftiness, cunning, disingenuity, duplicity, foxiness, guile, ruse, shrewdness, slyness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, subtlety, trickery, wiles, wiliness |
Antonyms: |
honesty, openness |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, discipline |
Synonyms: |
art, calling, career, employment, handicraft, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work |
Antonyms: |
avocation, entertainment, recreation |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | water or air vehicle |
Synonyms: |
air ship, aircraft, airplane, barge, blimp, boat, bottom, plane, ship, shipping, spacecraft, vessel, watercraft, zeppelin |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
Byzantine, Machiavellian, acute, arch, artful, artificial, astute, cagey, calculated, callid, canny, captious, cautelous, circuitous, cloak-and-dagger, contriving, convoluted, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, diplomatic, disingenuous, feline, insidious, intriguing, knowing, leery, lubricious, pawky, politic, political, profound, sharp, shrewd, skilful, slippery, sly, sneckdrawing, sportive, stealthy, strategic, subdolous, subtle, surreptitious, tactical, thick, tricksy, tricky, underhand, unwholesome, vafrous, venal, vulpine, wily
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| Main Entry: | ability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | natural or acquired power in a |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, bent, capability, cleverness, command, craft, deftness, expertise, expertness, finesse, flair, genius, gift, handiness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, mind for, particular activity adeptness, proficiency, savvy, skill, skillfulness, strength, talent, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Notes: | applied to a person, ability and capacity mean about the same thing but are grammatically different: an ability to do something, a capacity for doing something; ability is qualitative while capacity is quantitative |
Antonyms: |
clumsiness, ignorance, inability, inadequacy, inanity, incompetence, stupidity, weakness |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, creativity |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, virtuosity |
Antonyms: |
lack, unskill |
| Main Entry: | boat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle for water travel |
Synonyms: |
ark, barge, bark, bateau, bottom, bucket, canoe, catamaran, craft, dinghy, dory, gondola, hulk, ketch, launch, lifeboat, pinnace, raft, sailboat, schooner, scow, ship, skiff, sloop, steamboat, tub, yacht |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
Synonyms: |
bag*, biz, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
avocation, recreation, unemployment |
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
Synonyms: |
art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
Antonyms: |
amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |