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competence

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Main Entry: competence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability

Synonyms:

adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, competency, cutting it, cutting the mustard, expertise, fitness, hacking it, know-how, making the grade, makings, might, moxie, proficiency, qualification, qualifiedness, savvy, skill, suitability, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes
Notes: competence is a measure of the ability to perform a task; efficiency is a measure of the success achieved in the performance of a task

Antonyms:

inability, inadequacy, incapability, incompetence, inefficience, ineptness
Main Entry: ability
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power to act, perform

Synonyms:

aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, facility, faculty, intelligence, might, potentiality, qualification, resourcefulness, skill, strength, talent, understanding
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:

impotence, inability, limitation, paralysis
Main Entry: adequacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability, competency in some

Synonyms:

action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitableness, tolerableness

Antonyms:

inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency
Main Entry: aptitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: quickness at learning

Synonyms:

ability, capability, capacity, cleverness, competence, faculty, flair, gift, giftedness, intelligence, knack, proficiency, savvy, smarts, stuff*, talent, what it takes

Antonyms:

incapacity, stupidity
Main Entry: caliber
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: capacity; character

Synonyms:

ability, appetency, capability, competence, constitution, dignity, distinction, endowment, essence, faculty, force, gifts, habilitation, merit, nature, parts, power, quality, scope, stature, strength, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness
Main Entry: capability
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability to perform

Synonyms:

adequacy, aptitude, art, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, facility, faculty, means, might, potency, potential, potentiality, power, proficiency, qualification, qualifiedness, skill, wherewithal

Antonyms:

impotence, inability, incompetence, ineptness
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

Antonyms:

impotence, inability, incompetence
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: efficacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: efficiency; productiveness

Synonyms:

ability, adequacy, capability, capableness, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, efficaciousness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight

Antonyms:

failure, inefficacy, inefficiency, unproductiveness, uselessness, weakness
Main Entry: efficiency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adeptness, effectiveness

Synonyms:

ability, abundance, adaptability, address, adequacy, capability, capableness, competence, competency, completeness, economy, effectualness, efficacy, energy, expertise, facility, faculty, know-how, performance, potency, power, powerfulness, productiveness, productivity, proficiency, prowess, quantity, readiness, resourcefulness, response, skill, skillfulness, suitability, suitableness, talent, thoroughness

Antonyms:

helplessness, impotence, inability, incompetence, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, weakness
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