| ability | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. ability | the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. |
| ~ adaptability | the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances. |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ sensitiveness, sensitivity | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. |
| ~ competence, competency | the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually. |
| ~ form | an ability to perform well.; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night" |
| ~ interoperability | (computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks). |
| ~ magical ability, magical power | an ability to perform magic. |
| ~ midas touch | an ability to make and manage large amounts of money. |
| ~ penetration | the ability to make way into or through something.; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries" |
| ~ physical ability | the ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability. |
| ~ contractility | the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter. |
| ~ capability, capableness | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.; "he worked to the limits of his capability" |
| ~ totipotence, totipotency | the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part.; "animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development" |
| ~ immunocompetence | the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ know-how | the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something. |
| ~ leadership | the ability to lead.; "he believed that leadership can be taught" |
| ~ intelligence | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
| ~ aptitude | inherent ability. |
| ~ bilingualism | the ability to speak two languages colloquially. |
| ~ mental ability, capacity | the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior. |
| ~ creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | the ability to create. |
| ~ originality | the ability to think and act independently. |
| ~ science, skill | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" |
| ~ acquirement, skill, accomplishment, attainment, acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training. |
| ~ hand | ability.; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" |
| ~ superior skill | more than ordinary ability. |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| finesse | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse | subtly skillful handling of a situation. |
| ~ tact, tactfulness | consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense. |
| ingenuity | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness | the power of creative imagination. |
| ~ creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | the ability to create. |
| ~ resourcefulness, imagination, resource | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems.; "a man of resource" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity | the property of being ingenious.; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" |
| ~ high quality, superiority | the quality of being superior. |
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