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Synonyms for skills
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skil |
| Phonetic Transcription : skɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for skills Other synonyms for the word skills
- address
- adroitness
- aptitude
- cleverness
- command
- craft
- cunning
- deftness
- dodge
- ease
- expertism
- expertness
- facility
- goods
- handiness
- intelligence
- job
- knack
- know-how
- line
- makings
- moxie
- one's thing
- profession
- proficiency
- prowess
- quickness
- readiness
- right stuff
- savvy
- skillfulness
- sleight
- smarts
- stuff
- technique
- trade
- what it takes
Définition of skills
Origin :- late 12c., "power of discernment," from Old Norse skil "distinction, ability to make out, discernment, adjustment," related to skilja (v.) "to separate; discern, understand," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo- "divide, separate" (cf. Swedish skäl "reason," Danish skjel "a separation, boundary, limit," Middle Low German schillen "to differ," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schele "separation, discrimination;" see shell (n.)). Sense of "ability, cleverness" first recorded early 13c.
- noun ability, talent to do something
- Indeed, skills are in a sense habits from another point of view.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- None of them had any skills to contribute, but they brought plenty of enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- There are skills for which we have no representation in language.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- There was a ship waiting for him, where his skills could be used.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
- An erosion of the human capital, its skills and availability.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- He was no scholar and he was a complete dolt at most skills and crafts.
- Extract from : « Rescue Dog of the High Pass » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- They also sharpened their skills in agricultural shop courses.
- Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
- There was in France, it skills not where, a vale quiet as a summer Sabbath day.
- Extract from : « The Black Douglas » by S. R. Crockett
- We have the industry, the skills, the basic economic strength.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman
- Production of capabilities and skills required for modernization and industrialization considered to be a major goal.
- Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
Antonyms for skills
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