talent
Natural-born capacity
Talent is a natural aptitude or ability, especially one that sets a person apart: She has a talent for languages, a raw talent for comedy.
The word often implies something innate rather than learned.
Talent also refers collectively to skilled people: The company is struggling to attract talent.
In entertainment, talent means performers as distinct from crew: The talent is ready on set.
Innate capability
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- capabilityPower to accomplish tasks
expertise · mastery · knack · flair · prowess · dexterity · adeptness · finesse
Prayer seeking divine favor
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- forteArea of expertise
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
intuition · brilliance · natural · inborn · birthright · God-given · inherent · predisposition
Commitment to act
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- emergingComing into view
latent · untapped · raw · developing · nascent · unrealized · dormant · future
Remarkably talented youngster
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- savantPerson of profound learning
- whiz kidExceptionally talented youngster
- child geniusExceptionally intelligent young person
Mozart · polymath · mastermind · phenomenon · precocity · prodigious · enfant terrible · early bloomer
Exceptional creative skill
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
vision · inspiration · inventiveness · aesthetics · composition · style · design · creative
Observing to gather information
- agencyPower to act
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- castingShaping through liquid form
- auditionTrial performance for selection
headhunter · recruiter · roster · pool · pipeline · acquisition · retention · development
aptitude
Innate capability
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- competenceAdequate ability to function
capability · expertise · mastery · knack · flair · prowess · dexterity · adeptness · finesse · facility
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
instinct · intuition · brilliance · natural · inborn · birthright · God-given · inherent · predisposition · propensity
promise
Commitment to act
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
emerging · latent · untapped · raw · developing · nascent · unrealized · dormant · future · up-and-coming
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- savantPerson of profound learning
- whiz kidExceptionally talented youngster
child genius · Mozart · polymath · mastermind · phenomenon · precocity · prodigious · enfant terrible · early bloomer · gifted child
artistry
Exceptional creative skill
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
expression · vision · inspiration · inventiveness · aesthetics · composition · style · design · creative · artistic
scouting
Observing to gather information
- agencyPower to act
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- castingShaping through liquid form
audition · headhunter · recruiter · roster · pool · pipeline · acquisition · retention · development · showcase
- skillsskills, skill, ability, abilities, competencies
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- HollywoodHollywood, Tinseltown, Hollywood Sign, silver screen, movie stars
- Battle of the Bandsjudges, stage, amplifiers, amps, drums
- Creative Skillsimagination, artistry, originality, innovation, flair
talentinability
Lack of capacity
incapacity · ineptitude · talentlessness · disability · handicap
talentincompetence
Lack of required skill
ineptness · clumsiness · mediocrity · amateurishness · bungling
- talent showAmateur performance contest
- natural talent
- hidden talentUnrecognized natural aptitude
- talent scoutRecruiter of promising performers
- raw talentInnate ability before training
- talent agentPerformer's career representative
talented, talents, untalented, multitalented, talentless, talent show, talent shows, supertalented, talent-spotters