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| Main Entry: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, bent, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, head*, ingenuity, know-how, nose*, propensity, quickness, readiness, savvy*, set, skill, trick, turn, aptness, expertism, expertness, handiness, hang of it, mastership, skillfulness |
| Antonyms: | inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dexterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, ability |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, art, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, expertise, facility, finesse, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, neatness, nimbleness, proficiency, readiness, skill, smoothness, tact, touch, aptness, deftness, effortlessness, expertness, handiness, skillfulness |
| Antonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | expertise/expertness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge, proficiency |
| Synonyms: | ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, facility, finesse, goods*, ingeniousness, judgment, knack*, know-how*, line*, makings, oil*, one's thing, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff* |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inexpertness, lack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talent, style |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, aptitude, bent, chic, dash, elegance, faculty, feel, genius, gift, glamour, head, knack, mastery, panache, pizzazz*, presence, shine*, splash*, taste, turn, zip*, aptness |
| Notes: | flair is a natural talent or distinctive and stylish elegance while a flare (noun) is a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate - flare (verb) means to burn brightly or to erupt or intensify suddenly |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, ineptitude, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift of high intellect |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, astuteness, bent, brain, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, endowment, expert, faculty, flair, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, knack, mature, originality, perspicacity, power, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom, Einstein, aptness, brilliance, inventiveness, percipience, precocity, superability |
| Antonyms: | idiot, imbecile |
| Main Entry: | instinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gut feeling, idea |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, faculty, feeling, funny feeling*, gift, gut reaction*, hunch, impulse, inclination, intuition, knack, know-how*, nose*, predisposition, proclivity, savvy*, sense, sentiment, sixth sense*, talent, tendency, urge |
| Antonyms: | knowledge, reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | know-how |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, aptitude, art, background, capability, command, craft, cunning, dexterity, experience, expertise, faculty, flair, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, proficiency, savoir-faire, wisdom, expertness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, lack, want |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, dexterity, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, acquirement, adeptness, deftness, expertism, expertness, mastership, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, lack, amateurishness |
| Main Entry: | pizzazz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy; flamboyance |
| Synonyms: | élan, ability, animation, aptitude, bounce, dash, drive, effectiveness, fire, force, gift, hustle, intensity, juice, knack, life, liveliness, moxie*, muscle, oomph*, panache, pep, pluck, potency, power, presence, punch, push, shine*, spirit, splash*, spunk, stamina, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skillfulness |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, advance, advancement, aptitude, competence, dexterity, efficiency, expertise, facility, formula, green thumb, headway*, knack*, know-how*, knowledge, learning, mastery, moxie*, oil*, progress, right stuff*, savvy*, skill, stuff, talent, chops, expertness, makings, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quirk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity of personality, way of doing something |
| Synonyms: | aberration, caprice, characteristic, conceit, crotchet, eccentricity, equivocation, fancy, fetish, foible, habit, humor, idée fixe, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, knack, mannerism, peculiarity, quibble, subterfuge, trait, turn, twist, vagary, whim, whimsy, singularity |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, knack*, know-how*, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts*, thing*, turn*, a way with, aptness, inventiveness, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | technique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method |
| Synonyms: | address, approach, art, artistry, capability, capacity, course, craft, delivery, execution, facility, fashion, knack*, know-how*, manner, means, mode, modus operandi, performance, procedure, proficiency, routine, skill, style, system, tactics, touch, usage, way, wise, modus, technic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expertise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge |
| Synonyms: | ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, bag, chops, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge, expertness, expertness, facility, finesse, goods, ingeniousness, judgment, knack, know-how, line, makings, masterliness, mastery, oil, one's thing, proficiency, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, creativity |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, craftsmanship, inventiveness, virtuosity |
| Antonyms: | lack, unskill |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expertise, skill |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, competence, cunning, dexterity, ingenuity, knack, know-how*, proficiency, technique, adeptness, expertness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | facility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease; ability |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, aptitude, bent, child's play, competence, dexterity, efficiency, effortlessness, expertness, fluency, knack, leaning, lightness, poise, proficiency, propensity, quickness, readiness, skill, skillfulness, smooth sailing, smoothness, spontaneity, tact, turn, wit |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, hardness |
| Main Entry: | faculty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol*, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, right stuff*, sense, strength, talent, turn, aptness, knowing way around, what it takes, wits |
| Antonyms: | inability, incompetence, lack, need, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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