Thesaurus:faculty

Thesaurus

faculty

English

Noun

Sense: an ability or power, innate while able to be developed

Synonyms

• ability
• attribute
• capability
• capacity
• endowment
• faculty
• gift    [⇒ thesaurus]
• potential
• potentiality
• power    [⇒ thesaurus]
• propensity
• property    [⇒ thesaurus]
• talent
• virtue
• wherewithal

Hyponyms

• intellect
• apprehension    [⇒ thesaurus]
• imagination
• inventiveness
• conception
• judgment    [⇒ thesaurus]
• reasoning
• intuition
• memory    [⇒ thesaurus]
• volition
•   —
• speech    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• sense    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vision    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hearing

Holonyms

• reason

See also

• Thesaurus:skill

Further reading

• “157. power” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “698. skill” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “faculty” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.