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skill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of skill

1 subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something
  • With unbelievable skill, the expert in origami transformed a few sheets of paper into a menagerie of exotic animals.
Synonyms of skill

adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skillfulness
Words Related to skill

dexterity, ease, finesse, handiness

experience, expertise, expertness, know-how, proficiency

creativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, knowledge, learning

aptitude, bent, flair, gift, knack, talent
Near Antonyms of skill

awkwardness, clumsiness, klutziness

inability, inadequacy, inadequateness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency
Antonyms of skill

artlessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness
2 skills plural knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something
  • He had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea.
Synonyms of skill

experience, expertise, know-how, proficiency, savvy
Words Related to skill

background

command, mastery

acquaintance, conversance, familiarity, intimacy
Near Antonyms of skill

ignorance, unawareness, unfamiliarity
Antonyms of skill

inexperience

Synonym Discussion of skill

art, skill, cunning, artifice, craft mean the faculty of executing well what one has devised. art implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power.
    • the art of choosing the right word
skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency.
    • the skill of a glassblower
cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing.
    • a mystery plotted with great cunning
artifice suggests technical skill especially in imitating things in nature.
    • believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice
craft may imply expertness in workmanship.
    • the craft of a master goldsmith

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