| Main Entry: | ability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | natural or acquired power in a |
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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 |
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clumsiness, ignorance, inability, inadequacy, inanity, incompetence, stupidity, weakness |
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | availability, usefulness; useful thing |
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accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, agreeableness, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, comforts, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, handiness, help, life, luxury, means, ministration, ministry, openness, opportuneness, promotion, receptiveness, relief, satisfaction, service, serviceability, succor, suitability, suitableness, support, time saver, use, utility |
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inconvenience, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness, waste |
| Main Entry: | dexterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, ability |
Synonyms: |
address, adroitness, aptness, art, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, facility, finesse, handiness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, neatness, nimbleness, proficiency, readiness, skill, skillfulness, smoothness, tact, touch |
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awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
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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 |
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inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
Synonyms: |
address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness |
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discouragement, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent to do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, know-how, line, makings, moxie*, one's thing, profession, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes |
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ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
bent upon, content, cordial, corrigible, disposed, docile, eager, earnest, easily persuaded, easy, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, favorably minded, forward, genial, gracious, gratuitous, hearty, in the humor, in the mind, in the mood, in the vein, inclined, minded, nothing loth, persuadable, persuasible, predisposed, propense, ready, spontaneous, suasible, tractable, unasked, unforced, voluntary, willing
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| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
gain, a good hand at, able, accomplished, adroit, affabrous, alive to, ambidextral, ambidextrous, apt, artistic, at home in, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conversant, crack, cunning, cut out for, dab, daedalian, dedal, deft, dexterous, discreet, efficient, endowed, experienced, expert, fabrile, felicitous, fine, fit for, fitted, fitted for, gifted, good at, habile, hackneyed, hand, in practice, in proper cue, ingenious, initiated, inventive, master of, masterful, masterly, neat, practiced, prepared, primed, proficient, qualified, quick, ready, scientific, sharp, shipshape, shrewd, skilled, skillful, smart, statesmanlike, surefooted, talented, technical, thoroughbred, trained, up in, up to, up to snuff, up to the mark, well up in, workmanlike
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| Concept: | Skill. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, dexterousness; adroitness, expertness, expertise; proficiency, competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight; mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy; ambidexterity, ambidextrousness; sleight of hand (deception)., airmanship, coachmanship, craftsmanship, draftsmanship, draughtsmanship, horsemanship, huntsmanship, marksmanship, penmanship, seamanship, sportsmanship, statesmanship, swordsmanship; rope-dancing., accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge., knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire; tact; mother wit (sagacity); discretion (caution); finesse; craftiness (cunning); management (conduct); self-help., cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius; intelligence; sharpness, readiness (activity); invention; aptness, aptitude; turn for, capacity for, genius for; felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation., proficient., masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force; good stroke (plan).
-verbs
be skillful; excel in, be master of; have a turn for., know what's what, know a hawk from a handsaw, know what one is about, know on which side one's bread is buttered, know what's o'clock; have cut one's eye teeth, have cut one's wisdom teeth., see one's way, see where the wind lies, see which way the wind blows; have all one's wits about one, have one's hand in; savoir vivre; scire quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent., look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer (cunning); play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse., take advantage of, make the most of; profit by (use); make a hit (succeed); make a virtue of necessity; make hay while the sun shines (occasion).
-adjectives
skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant (knowing)., experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished., clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive; shrewd, sharp (intelligent); cunning; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet., neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for., technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape; workman-like, business-like, statesman-like.
-adverbs
-phrases
ars celare artem; artes honorabit; celui qui veut celui-la peut; c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite; expertus metuit [Horace]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt; "heart to coceive
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Antonyms: |
unskillfulness |
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