Synonyms of knacks

knacks

noun

plural of knack

1

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

tried every knack I knew to get him to spill the beans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruses
• tricks
• schemes
• devices
• stratagems
• artifices
• wiles
• jigs
• sleights
• gambits
• gimmicks
• ploys
• dodges
• shenanigans
• plays
• juggles
• fetches
• sleights of hand
• trickeries
• bluffs
• flimflams
• deceptions
• crafts
• feints
• subterfuges
• duplicities
• cunnings
• end runs
• hoaxes
• chicaneries
• frauds
• juggleries
• duperies
• gaffs
• swindles
• cozenages
• fakeries
• skulduggeries
• legerdemains
• skullduggeries
• blinds
• smoke screens
• crookeries
• shams
• fronts

2

as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability

a jazz musician with an incredible knack for improvisation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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