All aptitude synonyms

noun aptitude

• predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
• propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
• proficiency — the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
• savvy — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
• knack — a special skill, talent, or aptitude: He had a knack for saying the right thing.
• competence — Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
• flair — a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for rhyming.
• bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• prone — having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger.
• disposition — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
• leaning — the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
• tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
• proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
• talent — a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
• ability — Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
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• intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
• capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
• stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
• smarts — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
• faculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
• capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
• cleverness — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
• gifted — having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
• what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
• skill — the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
• fitness — health.
• inclination — a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.