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[n., v. ek-spurt; adj. ek-spurt, ik-spurt] 
| Main Entry: |
ability
[uh-bil-i-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | natural or acquired power in a |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, ignorance, inability, inadequacy, inanity, incompetence, stupidity, weakness |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expertise, skill |
| Synonyms: | ability, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, competence, cunning, dexterity, expertness, ingenuity, knack, know-how, proficiency, technique |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facility, freedom |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, affability, aplomb, breeze, child's play, cinch, cleverness, composure, dexterity, dispatch, duck soup, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, familiarity, flexibility, fluency, informality, insouciance, knack, liberty, naturalness, nonchalance, poise, pushover, quickness, readiness, relaxedness, setup, simplicity, skillfulness, smooth sailing, smoothness, snap, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, effort, inhibition, perplexity, restriction |
| 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: | 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: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
* = 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, expertness, faculty, flair, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, proficiency, savoir-faire, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, lack, want |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, acquirement, adeptness, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertism, expertness, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastership, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | amateurishness, failure, inefficiency, lack |
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