ADEPTNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Skillful performance or ability without difficulty

Example:

he was famous for his facility as an archer

Synonyms:

adeptness; adroitness; deftness; facility; quickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("adeptness" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adeptness"):

touch (deftness in handling matters)

dexterity; manual dexterity; sleight (adroitness in using the hands)

Derivation:

adept (having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude)