aptitude
noun
1 aptitude
Inherent ability.
Roget 698:
skill,
skillfulness,
address;
dexterity,
dexterousness;
adroitness,
expertness
etc.
adj.;
proficiency,
competence,
technical competence,
craft,
callidity†,
facility,
knack,
trick,
sleight;
mastery,
mastership,
excellence,
panurgy†;
ambidexterity,
ambidextrousness†;
sleight of hand
etc.
(deception)
545.
seamanship,
airmanship,
marksmanship,
horsemanship;
rope-dancing.
accomplishment,
acquirement,
attainment;
art,
science;
technicality,
technology;
practical knowledge,
technical knowledge.
knowledge of the world,
world wisdom,
savoir faire [Fr.];
tact;
mother wit
etc.
(sagacity)
498;
discretion
etc.
(caution)
864;
finesse;
craftiness
etc.
(cunning)
702;
management
etc.
(conduct)
692;
self-help.
cleverness,
talent,
ability,
ingenuity,
capacity,
parts,
talents,
faculty,
endowment,
forte,
turn,
gift,
genius;
intelligence
etc.
498;
sharpness,
readiness
etc.
(activity)
682;
invention
etc.
515;
aptness,
aptitude;
turn for,
capacity for,
genius for;
felicity,
capability,
curiosa felicitas [Lat.],
qualification,
habilitation.
proficient
etc.
700.
masterpiece,
coup de maitre [Fr.],
chef d'euvre [Fr.],
tour de force;
good stroke
etc.
(plan)
626.
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Roget 602:
willingness,
voluntariness
etc.
adj.†;
willing mind,
heart.
disposition,
inclination,
leaning,
animus;
frame of mind,
humor,
mood,
vein;
bent
etc.
(turn of mind)
820;
penchant
etc.
(desire)
865;
aptitude
etc.
698.
docility,
docibleness†;
persuasibleness†,
persuasibility†;
pliability
etc.
(softness)
324.
geniality,
cordiality;
goodwill;
alacrity,
readiness,
earnestness,
forwardness;
eagerness
etc.
(desire)
865.
asset
etc.
488;
compliance
etc.
762;
pleasure
etc.
(will)
600;
gratuitous service.
labor of love;
volunteer,
volunteering.
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Roget 23:
agreement;
accord,
accordance;
unison,
harmony;
concord
etc.
714;
concordance,
concert;
understanding,
mutual understanding.
conformity
etc.
82;
conformance;
uniformity
etc.
16;
consonance,
consentaneousness†,
consistency;
congruity,
congruence;
keeping;
congeniality;
correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition,
union.
fitness,
aptness
etc.
adj.;
relevancy;
pertinence,
pertinencey†;
sortance†;
case in point;
aptitude,
coaptation†,
propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility;
cognation
etc.
(relation)
9.
adaption†,
adjustment,
graduation,
accommodation;
reconciliation,
reconcilement;
assimilation.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488;
concurrence
etc.
178;
cooperation
etc.
709.
right man in the right place,
very thing;
quite the thing,
just the thing.
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Roget 176:
tendency;
aptness,
aptitude;
proneness,
proclivity,
bent,
turn,
tone,
bias,
set,
leaning to,
predisposition,
inclination,
propensity,
susceptibility;
conatus [Lat.],
nisus [Lat.];
liability
etc.
177;
quality,
nature,
temperament;
idiocrasy†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast,
vein,
grain;
humor,
mood;
drift
etc.
(direction)
278;
conduciveness,
conducement†;
applicability
etc.
(utility)
644;
subservience
etc.
(instrumentality)
631.
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Roget 539:
learning;
acquisition of knowledge
etc.
490,
acquisition of skill
etc.
698;
acquirement,
attainment;
edification,
scholarship,
erudition;
acquired knowledge,
lore,
wide information;
self-instruction;
study,
reading,
perusal;
inquiry
etc.
451.
apprenticeship,
prenticeship†;
pupilage,
pupilarity†;
tutelage,
novitiate,
matriculation.
docility
etc.
(willingness)
602;
aptitude
etc.
698.
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Dutch: geschiktheid, talent, aanleg
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