skill
Honed through practice
Skill is the ability to do something well, developed through training or practice.
A skilled worker has expertise; a skillful performance shows mastery.
Skills can be physical (motor skills), mental (critical thinking skills), or social (people skills).
The word often appears in job contexts: skill set, skills gap, transferable skills.
To skill up is to acquire new competencies.
Innate capability
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
- capacityMaximum amount containable
know-how · adeptness · knack · facility · acumen · savvy · potential · readiness
Exceptional technical skill
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
wizardry · masterful · accomplished · consummate · polished · refined · advanced · high-level
Quickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- deftnessSkillful ease of movement
adroitness · gracefulness · handiness · sleight · quickness · light-footedness · manual · hand-eye
Concentrated expertise in one field
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- masteryComplete skill or control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
professionalism · credentials · training · background · qualifications · certification · domain · technical
Skill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
- potteryFired clay objects
weaving · blacksmithing · tailoring · embroidery · leatherwork · glassblowing · metalwork · ceramics
Item given freely
- flairStylish natural aptitude
- naturalNot artificially produced
- innateExisting since birth
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
genius · virtuoso · savant · gifted · endowment · proclivity · propensity · born
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
calibration · refinement · sharpness · surgical · pinpoint · marksmanship · aim · careful
aptitude
Innate capability
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
capacity · know-how · adeptness · knack · facility · acumen · savvy · potential · readiness · fitness
virtuosity
Exceptional technical skill
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- proficiencySkilled performance level
excellence · wizardry · masterful · accomplished · consummate · polished · refined · advanced · high-level · seasoned
agility
Quickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
deftness · adroitness · gracefulness · handiness · sleight · quickness · light-footedness · manual · hand-eye · motor
specialization
Concentrated expertise in one field
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- masteryComplete skill or control
authority · professionalism · credentials · training · background · qualifications · certification · domain · technical · professional
craftsmanship
Skill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
pottery · weaving · blacksmithing · tailoring · embroidery · leatherwork · glassblowing · metalwork · ceramics · quilting
gift
Item given freely
prodigy · genius · virtuoso · savant · gifted · endowment · proclivity · propensity · born · raw
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
fine-tuning · calibration · refinement · sharpness · surgical · pinpoint · marksmanship · aim · careful · exacting
- game playrules, scoring, turns, winning, losing
- skillsability, abilities, competencies, talent, expertise
- short I wordsbit, sit, hit, fit, pit
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- craftsmanshiphandcrafted, craft, handiwork, stitching, welding
- expertiseexpertise, mastery, proficiency, competence, ability
skillincompetence
Lack of required skill
ineptitude · inability · incapacity · incapability · ineptness
skillclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
awkwardness · klutziness · maladroitness · unhandiness · gracelessness
skillgenius
Person of rare brilliance
talent · gift · natural gift · natural ability · raw talent
- social skillsAbility to interact well
- trade skillsPractical occupational abilities
- people skillsAbility to interact well
- workplace skillsAbilities for professional settings
- traditional skillsTime-honored practical abilities
- motor skillsCoordinated bodily movement ability
skilled, skillful, skills, unskilled, skillfully, skillset, subskill, skillsets, skill set