natural ability
Gift from birth
Natural ability is talent or skill that seems innate rather than learned—something you're born with rather than something you develop through practice.
The phrase often appears in discussions of whether success comes from nature or nurture: She has a natural ability for languages.
Someone with natural ability may still need training, but they start with an advantage others lack.
- talentInborn aptitude
- giftItem given freely
- flairStylish natural aptitude
- knackInnate ease at something
- aptitudeInnate capability
instinct · sixth sense · genius · born · born with it · raw · raw talent · potential · prodigy · gifted · blessed · effortless · spark · brilliance · intuition · wired · hardwired · predisposition
- athleticismspeed, agility, strength, endurance, stamina
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, inclination, tendency, propensity
- potentialpotential, latent, possibility, promise, talent
- star qualitiescharisma, presence, star power, star quality, magnetism
- Reformed Theologypredestination, John Calvin, election, total depravity, TULIP
natural abilitylearned behavior
Action acquired through experience
book learning · technical training · formal education · muscle memory · conditioning
natural abilityineptitude
Lack of ability
inability · incompetence · untalented · talentlessness · clumsiness
natural abilityhard work
Sustained strenuous effort
deliberate practice · grind · toil · struggle · sweat equity
natural, ability, nature, naturally, unnatural, supernatural, naturalist, naturalism, naturalistic