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:
   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. Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

   Multifaceted, endearing and lively ... this was Rishi Kapoor Ji. He was a powerhouse of talent.

2. Fran Drescher:

   We're pretaping everybody's performances and now we're editing Cancer Schmancer together, so Cancer Schmancer'll be a pretty tight kind of concert-fundraiser, and we're gon na stream Cancer Schmancer for free with the hope that people will watch Cancer Schmancer, enjoy Cancer Schmancer, and want to support our organization, because we had to cancel our annual cabaret dinner cruise, which normally takes place in New York Harbor, but all of the talent that we had booked said,' Well, whatever you ends up doing, we're happy to do it anyway.'.

3. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.

4. Wystan Hugh Auden:

   It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

5. Norm Hooten:

   I lost a couple of close friends that died of drug related overdoses and they were really good guys – special operations guys, losing my fellow soldiers to substance abuse was almost as bad as losing them in combat. All their talent and potential was lost and I wanted to do something about it.

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