| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
Synonyms: |
ability, ableness, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, eminency, faculty, gift*, long suit, medium, métier, oyster, speciality, strength, strong suit, talent, thing* |
Antonyms: |
weakness |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
Synonyms: |
ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, druthers, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, head-set, inclining, knack, leaning, mind-set, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, thing for, tilt, turn, weakness for |
| Main Entry: | capacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability; competency |
Synonyms: |
adequacy, aptitude, aptness, bent, brains, caliber, capability, cleverness, compass, competence, efficiency, facility, faculty, forte, genius, gift, inclination, intelligence, knack, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, stature, strength, talent, the goods, up to it, 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 capacity refers to a general ability to comprehend an issue or perform a task; capability implies a reference to one of a set of such abilities |
Antonyms: |
impotence, inability, incompetence |
| Main Entry: | faculty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, knowing way around, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, right stuff, sense, strength, talent, turn, what it takes, wits |
Antonyms: |
inability, incompetence, ineptness, lack, need |
| Main Entry: | gift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talent, aptitude |
Synonyms: |
ability, accomplishment, acquirement, aptness, attainment, attribute, bent, capability, capacity, endowment, faculty, flair, forte, genius, head*, instinct, knack, leaning, nose*, numen, power, propensity, set, specialty, turn |
| Main Entry: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, handiness, hang of it, head*, ingenuity, know-how, mastership, nose*, propensity, quickness, readiness, savvy*, set, skill, skillfulness, trick, turn |
Antonyms: |
inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's calling, interest |
Synonyms: |
activity, area, business, department, employment, field, forte, job, occupation, profession, province, pursuit, racket, specialization, trade, vocation, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun |
| Main Entry: | loud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blaring, noisy |
Synonyms: |
big, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, roaring, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead |
Antonyms: |
inaudible, low, quiet, soft, subdued |
| Main Entry: | métier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
Synonyms: |
calling, chosen work, craft, day gig, employment, field, forte, job, line of work, one's specialty, profession, pursuit, racket, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Main Entry: | specialty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive feature; concentration |
Synonyms: |
career, claim to fame, cup of tea, distinguishing feature, field of concentration, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, object of attention, object of study, occupation, pièce de résistance, practice, profession, pursuit, racket, special, special project, speciality, thing*, vocation, weakness, work |
Antonyms: |
generalization |