Synonyms of faculties

faculties

noun

plural of faculty

1

as in powers

a natural ability of the mind or body

although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powers
• capabilities
• capacities
• instincts
• aptitudes
• functions
• talents
• endowments
• gifts
• knacks
• flairs
• geniuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incapacities
• inabilities
• incapabilities
• inaptitudes

2

as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability

even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talents
• aptitudes
• gifts
• knacks
• endowments
• flairs
• geniuses
• bents
• tendencies
• eyes
• minds
• skills
• affinities
• ears
• facilities
• inclinations
• capacities
• impulses
• dispositions
• feels
• instincts
• predispositions
• proclivities
• powers
• heads
• propensities
• capabilities
• predilections
• biases
• competences
• leanings
• noses
• potentials
• ways
• partialities
• habitudes
• proficiencies
• penchants
• touches
• specialties
• specialities
• hangs
• turns
• specialisms
• fortes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disabilities
• handicaps
• incapacities
• weaknesses
• inabilities
• shortcomings

3

as in abilities

the physical or mental power to do something

the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faculties

British universities have been working to hire more academics from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds so that their faculties better reflect the broader society. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

By continually altering reality, a government can disable the faculties of judgment and action on which political freedom depends. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors, however, may also prove intoxication by demonstrating that a person did not have the normal use of his mental or physical faculties. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026

The association, with membership in faculties at most universities, will work to identify students who could benefit from monetary help to finish their degrees, Farmer said. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

The Chicago Teachers Union voted by a 2-1 ratio to accept a plan to integrate faculties in the city’s public schools. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Your intuitive faculties are on point today as the sun coordinates with Neptune. — Usa Today, USA Today, 24 May 2026

The researchers also announced a contest with a $200,000 prize pool on the popular machine learning competition site Kaggle for outside researchers to help build evaluations for the five cognitive faculties where existing benchmark tests are weakest. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026

Strange occurrences quickly destabilize the group, with the writer becoming increasingly unhinged, convinced the location has an inexplicable hold over her creative faculties. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026