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All ability synonyms

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noun ability

  • perform β€” to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • strength β€” the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
  • capacity β€” The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
  • intelligence β€” capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
  • understanding β€” mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • capability β€” If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
  • qualification β€” a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • talent β€” a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
  • skill β€” the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
  • competence β€” Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
  • proficiency β€” the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
  • ingenuity β€” the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity.
  • competency β€” Competency means the same as competence.
  • aptitude β€” Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
  • facility β€” Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
  • dexterity β€” Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
  • might β€” physical strength: He swung with all his might.
  • resourcefulness β€” able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • comprehension β€” Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
  • potentiality β€” the state or quality of being potential.
  • faculty β€” an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
  • adroitness β€” expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
  • non-expert β€” a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority: a language expert.
  • finesse β€” extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
  • bent β€” Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
  • gift β€” gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
  • mastery β€” command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
  • genius β€” an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
  • deftness β€” dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic.
  • craft β€” You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
  • know-how β€” the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
  • savvy β€” experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • cleverness β€” mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
  • knack β€” a special skill, talent, or aptitude: He had a knack for saying the right thing.
  • flair β€” a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for rhyming.
  • handiness β€” within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
  • skilful β€” having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
  • the goods β€” sth obtained
  • what it takes β€” the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
  • power β€” a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
  • adeptness β€” very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.

adjective ability

  • ambitious β€” Someone who is ambitious has a strong desire to be successful, rich, or powerful.
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