right stuff

Main Entry:
right stuff []
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: whatever it takes
Synonyms: abilities, bravery, courage, credentials, dependability, drive, essential qualities, experience, guts, knowledge, power, qualifications, self-confidence, skills, talent, the goods, the makings, the stuff, what it takes
Main Entry: aspiration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal, hope
Synonyms: aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning
Main Entry: correct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: accurate, exact
Synonyms: according to Hoyle, actual, amen, appropriate, cooking with gas, dead on, equitable, factual, faithful, faultless, flawless, for sure, free of error, impeccable, just, legitimate, nice, okay, on target, on the ball, on the beam, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on track, perfect, precise, proper, regular, right, right as rain, right on, right stuff, righteous, rigorous, stone, strict, true, undistorted, unmistaken, veracious, veridical
Antonyms: flawed, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong
Main Entry: correct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: proper, appropriate
Synonyms: acceptable, becoming, careful, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, done, fitting, meticulous, nice, okay, punctilious, right, right stuff, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable
Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unfitting, unsuitable
Main Entry: drive
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's will to achieve
Synonyms: ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, get-up-and-go, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitality, what it takes, zip
Main Entry: faculty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability, skill
Synonyms: adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, knowing way around, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, right stuff, sense, strength, talent, turn, what it takes, wits
Notes: a facility is a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry or a skillful performance or ability without difficulty; faculty is one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind or the body of teachers and administrators at a school
Antonyms: inability, incompetence, ineptness, lack, need
Main Entry: motivation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ambition, inspiration
Synonyms: action, actuation, angle, catalyst, desire, disposition, drive, encouragement, fire, get up and go, gimmick, goose, hunger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incitement, inclination, inducement, instigation, interest, kick*, motive, persuasion, predetermination, predisposition, provocation, push, reason, right stuff, spur, stimulus, suggestion, wish
Antonyms: depression, discouragement
Main Entry: popular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: well-known, favorite
Synonyms: accepted, approved, attractive, beloved, caught on, celebrated, crowd-pleasing, faddish, famous, fashionable, favored, in, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream, in vogue, leading, likable, liked, lovable, noted, notorious, now*, okay*, pleasing, praised, preferred, prevailing, prominent, promoted, right stuff, run-after, selling, social, societal, sought, sought-after, stylish, suitable, the rage, thing*, trendy, well-liked, well-received
Antonyms: disliked, unknown, unpopular
Main Entry: proficiency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ability, skillfulness
Synonyms: accomplishment, advance, advancement, aptitude, chops, competence, dexterity, efficiency, expertise, expertness, facility, formula, green thumb, headway, knack*, know-how, knowledge, learning, makings, mastery, moxie*, oil, progress, right stuff, savvy*, skill, stuff, talent, what it takes
Antonyms: clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness
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