VIRTUOSITY Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

virtuosity

noun

Definition of virtuosity next

as in proficiency

formal great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc. Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing.

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Recent Examples of virtuosity Meis moves from the Baroque virtuosity of Rubens’s study of a drunken mythological figure, through the jagged modernist puzzle of Marc’s allegorical animals, to Mitchell’s painterly abstractions and their flickering landscape allusions. —

Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026 But Steve Vai and Joe Satriani continue to draw loyal audiences craving their deep, roller coaster-like dives into unbridled six-string virtuosity. —

George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 The ensemble positively brims with virtuosity. —

Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026 Pictures is usually presented as a display of Ravel’s orchestrational virtuosity, deftly contrasting bright and dark colors, always with a certain French clarity and elegance. —

Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virtuosity

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proficiency

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Has a 93% graduation rate, 60% reading and 27% math proficiency, and 32% AP participation rate.

— Ryan Brennan May 29, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
But if everyone possesses the same technological advantage, technical proficiency alone will no longer distinguish students.

— Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026