Antonyms for proficiencypro·fi·cien·cy

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1. proficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   competence, ability, command, skill

2. proficiencynoun

   Ability, skill, competence.

   Synonyms:
   skill, competence, ability, command

3. proficiencynoun

   Knowledge.

   Synonyms:
   competence, command, skill, ability

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1. proficiency

   Progress (Latin pro, forward, gradior, go) is a moving onward or forward, whether in space or in the mental or moral realm, and may be either mechanical, individual, or social. Attainment, development, and proficiency are more absolute than the other words of the group, denoting some point of advantage or of comparative perfection reached by forward or onward movement; we speak of attainments in virtue or scholarship, proficiency in music or languages, the development of new powers or organs; proficiency includes the idea of skill. Advance may denote either a forward movement or the point gained by forward movement, but always relatively with reference to the point from which the movement started; as, this is a great advance. Advance admits the possibility of retreat; progress (Latin progredi, to walk forward) is steady and constant forward movement, admitting of pause, but not of retreat; advance suggests more clearly a point to be reached, while progress lays the emphasis upon the forward movement; we may speak of slow or rapid progress, but more naturally of swift advance. Progress is more frequently used of abstractions; as, the progress of ideas; progression fixes the attention chiefly upon the act of moving forward. In a thing good in itself all advance or progress is improvement; there is a growing tendency to restrict the words to this favorable sense, using increase indifferently of good or evil; one may say without limitation, "I am an advocate of progress."

   Antonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, relapse, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

   Synonyms:
   advance, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, progress, progression

   Preposition:
   The progress of truth; progress in virtue; toward perfection; from a lower to a higher state.

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1. proficiency

   Antonyms:
   failure, backwardness, unsuccess, tardiness, relapse

   Synonyms:
   success, advancement, progress, improvement, forwardness, dexterity

Matched Categories

1. • Competence
   • Skillfulness

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1. proficiencynoun

   the quality of having great facility and competence

   Synonyms:
   technique

2. proficiency, techniquenoun

   skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

   "practice greatly improves proficiency"

   Synonyms:
   technique

How to use proficiency in a sentence?

1. Chau Trinh-Shevrin:

   In some respects, it is premature to note that ACA expansion reduced the cancer disparities gap with treatment time as the primary outcome, the literature on cancer disparities indicate a large range of social determinants of health that influence access and utilization of cancer screening, care and treatment -- that range from stigma, limited English proficiency, low health literacy, limited social support, or difficulties in navigating the US healthcare system.

2. Frank Straub:

   Owning a firearm and being able to deploy a firearm in a safe manner requires not only familiarity with the weapon system but also a level of proficiency.

3. Theodore Roosevelt:

   I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

4. Harry Buhl:

   The state of the market can provide great opportunities to get repetitions for soldiers so that when they train in a live environment, they are training at a higher level of proficiency. They can save time and save lives.

5. Lori Meyers:

   The whole idea of flexible math lanes/grouping is that teachers can provide much better differentiated learning for their students when they have a more narrow range of students to teach, even within a lane, teachers must differentiate. No class is entirely uniform. With laning, teachers have a more narrow range of student proficiency to address, allowing them to go into much more conceptual depth.

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