| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | competence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, competency, cutting it, cutting the mustard, expertise, fitness, hacking it, know-how, making the grade, makings, might, moxie, proficiency, qualification, qualifiedness, savvy, skill, suitability, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Notes: | competence is a measure of the ability to perform a task; efficiency is a measure of the success achieved in the performance of a task |
| Antonyms: | inability, inadequacy, incapability, incompetence, inefficience, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | experienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, knowing |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive, understand |
| Synonyms: | IQ, acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, gray matter, intellect, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, precocity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, the right stuff, trenchancy, understanding, what it takes, wit |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | smarts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intelligence |
| Synonyms: | IQ, acuity, acumen, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, competence, comprehension, gray matter, intellect, judgment, know-how, mind, perception, perspicacity, precocity, reason, savvy, sense, the right stuff, understanding, what it takes |
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | a way with, aptitude, aptness, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, inventiveness, knack*, know-how, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, thing*, turn*, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |
| Concept: | Class. |
| Category: | 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain., kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin., manner, description, denomination, designation, character, stamp; predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification., similarity.
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| Concept: | Intelligence. Wisdom. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe [U.S.], savvy [U.S.]; intellect; nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect; acuteness; acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity; discernment, due sense of, good judgment; discrimination; cunning; refinement (taste)., head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head; eagle eye, eagle glance; eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk., wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense [U.S.], plain sense; rationality, reason; reasonableness; judgment; solidity, depth, profundity, caliber; enlarged views; reach of thought, compass of thought; enlargement of mind., genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul; talent (aptitude)., [Wisdom in action] prudence [more]; vigilance; tact; foresight; sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast., a bright thought, not a bad idea.
-verbs
be intelligent; have all one's wits about one; understand (intelligible); catch an idea, take in an idea; take a joke, take a hint., see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone; penetrate; discern (descry); foresee., discriminate; know what's what [more]; listen to reason.
-adjectives
[Applied to persons] intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted; wide-awake; canny, shrewd, astute; clear-headed; farsighted; discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing; argute; nimble-witted, needle-witted; sharp as a needle; alive to (cognizant); clever (apt); arch (cunning); pas si bete; acute., wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded., unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed; undazzled, unperplexed; of unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair., cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound.
-phrases
aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet; "but with the morning cool reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi sententiarum; les affaires font les hommes; mas vale saber que haber; mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit [Plautus]; nosce te; nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit [Seneca, from Aristotle]; sapere
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| Antonyms: | imbecility, folly |
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