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the right stuff

ADJECTIVE

experienced

Synonyms

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accomplished capable competent mature professional qualified seasoned skillful sophisticated trained veteran wise

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accustomed cultivated dynamite instructed matured practiced rounded sport tested tried versed vet

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adept been around been there broken in expert familiar having something on the ball in the know knowing one's stuff knowing the score old old hand practical pro well-versed worldly worldly-wise

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amateur green ignorant incapable incompetent inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented untrained

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immature unfamiliar unknowledgeable unseasoned unsophisticated

NOUN

ability

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capability expertise ingenuity proficiency skill strength talent

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adroitness bent cleverness command craft deftness expertness finesse flair genius gift handiness knack know-how mastery savvy skillfulness

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mind for particular activity adeptness the goods what it takes

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inability incapacity incompetence ineptness lack weakness

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ignorance ineptitude want

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clumsiness impotence inadequacy inanity limitation paralysis stupidity

NOUN

class

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circle club company degree family grade league place position

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ancestry birth bourgeoisie breed caliber caste clan clique condition connection coterie derivation descent estate extraction genealogy hierarchy influence intelligentsia lineage moiety nobility origin pedigree pigeonhole prestige quality sect source sphere standing state station status stock strain stratum tier title

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cultural level pecking order social rank

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unemployment

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conclusion consequence death effect end outgrowth result

NOUN

competence

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appropriateness capability capacity competency expertise fitness know-how proficiency qualification savvy skill suitability

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adequacy makings might moxie

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cutting it cutting the mustard hacking it making the grade qualifiedness the goods what it takes

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ignorance impotence inability inappropriateness incompetence ineptness lack

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inadequacy incapability inefficience

NOUN

intelligence

Synonyms

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acumen agility brilliance intellect judgment perception quickness savvy sense skill subtlety understanding wit

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IQ acuity alertness aptitude brainpower brains brightness capacity cleverness comprehension coruscation discernment luminosity mentality mind penetration perspicacity precocity quotient reason sagacity smarts trenchancy

WEAK

gray matter what it takes

Antonyms

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ignorance inability stupidity

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disinclination physicality

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ineptness

NOUN

smarts

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IQ acuity acumen alertness aptitude brainpower brains brightness brilliance cleverness competence comprehension intellect judgment know-how mind perception perspicacity precocity reason savvy sense understanding

WEAK

gray matter what it takes

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disbelief disinclination ignorance inability ineptness misinterpretation mistake misunderstanding stupidity

NOUN

talent

Synonyms

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art capability capacity expertise flair genius gift knack know-how power savvy skill thing

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aptitude aptness bent craft endowment facility faculty forte head inventiveness nose set smarts turn

WEAK

a way with green thumb the formula the goods what it takes

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance impotence inability incapacity incompetence ineptitude ineptness lack want

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stupidity weakness

Example Sentences

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"My life started getting better and I moved towards the right stuff."

From BBC • May 29, 2024

Both could be eliminated if leadership made it easy to do the right stuff well.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

The space exploration documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight” has some of the right stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

Eco-labels, while not perfect, are still a good indicator that you are buying the right stuff.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

He’d had a chance to show he had the right stuff and stand up for the old dog.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

the right stuff

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