Synonyms of competencies

competencies

noun

plural of competency

as in abilities

the physical or mental power to do something

she's proved that she has the competency to run a major company

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abilities
• skills
• capacities
• capabilities
• aptitudes
• competences
• talents
• faculties
• reasons
• facilities
• instincts
• equipments
• gifts
• intelligences
• knacks
• resources
• endowments
• understandings
• hands
• dexterities
• addresses
• potencies
• prowesses
• influences
• adequacies
• gray matters
• means
• staying powers
• mights
• puissances
• stuff
• forms
• wherewithals
• kens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incapacities
• disabilities
• inabilities
• incapabilities
• weaknesses
• deficiencies
• impotences
• incompetencies
• inadequacies
• incompetences
• ineptitudes
• impairments
• debilitations
• inefficacies
• ineffectualities
• incapacitations
• disablements
• paralyses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of competencies

The two companies also have separate core competencies, with Stripe focused on merchants and PayPal embracing 430 million consumer accounts. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Key strategies include acquiring certifications and completing short courses to gain specific competencies quickly. — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

This perspective informs Mentor126’s direction and involves the same three competencies any human mentor would use. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 June 2026

Whether a young child is learning to pour carefully or an Elementary student is learning to manage time, responsibilities, and relationships, these everyday experiences build essential competencies. — Jose Bolaños, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

Residency programs are guided by a set of core competencies intended to standardize assessment across training environments. — Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026

But the views expressed on both sides might not apply to you, in particular, because each of us has different goals, contexts, and competencies. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026