aptitude

ap·ti·tude

noun \ˈap-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of APTITUDE

1

a : inclination, tendency <an aptitude for hard work> b : a natural ability : talent

2

: capacity for learning <an aptitude for languages>

3

: general suitability : aptness

— ap·ti·tu·di·nal \ˌap-tə-ˈtü-d^ən-əl, -ˈtyü-\ adjective

— ap·ti·tu·di·nal·ly adverb

Examples of APTITUDE

1. The new test is supposed to measure the aptitudes of the students.
2. <bored teenagers with an aptitude for getting into trouble>

Origin of APTITUDE

Middle English, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Late Latin, fitness, from Latin aptus

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to APTITUDE

Synonyms: affection, affinity, inclination, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn

Related Words: favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice; endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste; forte, speciality, specialty; convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont; eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity

Near Antonyms: allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste; detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity; apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

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fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with APTITUDE

altitude, amplitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude, vastitude