| Main Entry: | green thumb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill at gardening |
Synonyms: |
gardener, green fingers, grower, horticulturist, propagator |
Antonyms: |
brown thumb |
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fireball, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, intelligent, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, masterly, old hand, old-timer, on the ball, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, up*, veteran |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
Antonyms: |
impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
| Main Entry: | proficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skillfulness |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, advance, advancement, aptitude, chops, competence, dexterity, efficiency, expertise, expertness, facility, formula, green thumb, headway, knack*, know-how, knowledge, learning, makings, mastery, moxie*, oil, progress, right stuff, savvy*, skill, stuff, talent, what it takes |
Antonyms: |
clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
Synonyms: |
a way with, aptitude, aptness, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, inventiveness, knack*, know-how, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, thing*, turn*, what it takes |
Antonyms: |
inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |