Antonyms for Talent
ˈtæl ənttal·ent

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1. talent

   Genius is exalted intellectual power capable of operating independently of tuition and training, and marked by an extraordinary faculty for original creation, invention, discovery, expression, etc. Talent is marked mental ability, and in a special sense, a particular and uncommon aptitude for some special mental work or attainment. Genius is higher than talent, more spontaneous, less dependent upon instruction, less amenable to training; talent is largely the capacity to learn, acquire, appropriate, adapt oneself to demand. Yet the genius that has won the largest and most enduring success has been joined with tireless industry and painstaking. Compare synonyms for MIND; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   dulness, folly, imbecility, obtuseness, senselessness, stupidity

   Synonyms:
   genius, talents

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1. talent

   Antonyms:
   inability, stupidity, imbecility, incompetence

   Synonyms:
   genius, ability, aptitude, cleverness, gift, endowment, faculty, parts, capacity

Matched Categories

1. • Expert
   • Natural Ability

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1. endowment, gift, talent, natural endowmentnoun

   natural abilities or qualities

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, endowment, gift, giving

2. talentnoun

   a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

   Synonyms:
   natural endowment, endowment, gift

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1. talentnoun

   Synonyms:
   endowment, faculty, gift, forte, knack, genius

How to use Talent in a sentence?

1. Russ Heddleston:

   They have the social clout to get people to commute, but if they weren’t as cool, could they afford to have their office in San Jose and get talent to come in? It’s a real problem.

2. Robert Benchley:

   It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous.

3. Al Crook:

   We think of it as another avenue to attract and develop talent for the industry, with the proven track record of apprenticeships in Europe, we knew it was a fairly safe test to run.

4. Eugene Edwards:

   If by saying that all men are born free and equal, you mean that they are all equally born; it is true, but true in no other sense; birth, talent, labor, virtue, and providence, are forever making differences.

5. Cindy Huang:

   Third-party contractors fulfill important functions in the federal government, and our bureau and State Department were not unique in acquiring talent this way.

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