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Q: How does the noun 'feat' differ from other similar words?

The words achievement and exploit are common synonyms of feat . While all three words mean "a remarkable deed," feat implies strength or dexterity or daring. // an acrobatic feat

Q: In what contexts can 'achievement' take the place of 'feat'?

The words achievement and feat can be used in similar contexts, but achievement implies hard-won success in the face of difficulty or opposition. // her achievements as a chemist

Q: When is 'exploit' a more appropriate choice than 'feat'?

In some situations, the words exploit and feat are roughly equivalent. However, exploit suggests an adventurous or heroic act. // his exploits as a spy

feat

noun

ˈfēt

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as in achievement

an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness Washington's legendary feat of tossing a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River

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as in thing

something done by someone famously rich, the oil magnate is today remembered less for his feats than for his finances

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How does the noun feat differ from other similar words?

The words achievement and exploit are common synonyms of feat. While all three words mean "a remarkable deed," feat implies strength or dexterity or daring.

an acrobatic feat

In what contexts can achievement take the place of feat?

The words achievement and feat can be used in similar contexts, but achievement implies hard-won success in the face of difficulty or opposition.

her achievements as a chemist

When is exploit a more appropriate choice than feat?

In some situations, the words exploit and feat are roughly equivalent. However, exploit suggests an adventurous or heroic act.

his exploits as a spy

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Recent Examples of feat The Gators were looking to repeat for the second time in school history, having achieved the feat after winning the 2006 and 2007 men’s tournaments. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026 Georgia Tech baseball took two of three games at Pitt over the weekend, giving the Jackets six straight series wins to start the season, the first time the program has achieved that feat since 2011. —

Sarah Spencer, AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026 With 10 golden rectangular reminders looming in the rafters, the Denver Pioneers made a championship accomplishment seem like a feat before the feat. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026 So, how exactly does this digital prodigy manage such cosmic feats? —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feat

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Regardless of how anyone might have felt about the new picture that Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, brought along with it, the behavior of physical phenomena in the Universe doesn’t lie.

— Big Think, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
No journey of American achievement and exceptionalism is more iconic than the Apollo voyages to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026