COMPETENCE Synonyms

• the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

• inherent ability

• a special way of doing something

• the action of accomplishing something

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• an aptitude that may be developed

• capability to perform or produce

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• the amount that can be contained

• the maximum production possible

• a specified function

• (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive

• an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

• the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

• tolerance for alcohol

• adroitness in using the hands

• the ratio of the output to the input of any system

• skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort

• skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

• the power of creative imagination

• the property of being ingenious

• the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• power to dominate or defeat

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone

• the quality of having great facility and competence

• skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

• a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

• an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

• the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea

• a statement that limits or restricts some claim

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

• natural abilities or qualities

• a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity