Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   genius, talents

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

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1. talent

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

   Antonyms:
   inability, stupidity, imbecility, incompetence

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Expert
   • Natural Ability

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1. talentnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte

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1. talentnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "talent":

   talents, talented, skill, artists, flair, knack, gift, manpower, personnel

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1. Pearl Bailey:

   There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

2. Pearl Bailey:

   There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.

3. African American:

   No, not at all, the good news is that the wealth of talent is there, and it's being discussed, and it's helpful so much for talent — whether in front of the camera or behind the camera — to have this recognition, to have this period of time where there is a lot of publicity, a lot of chitter-chatter.

4. H.L. Mencken:

   The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government they have only a talent for getting and holding office.

5. Jesse Keenan:

   The problem of finding and compensating talent is immense; they just don't want to live in (California's) suburban Silicon Valley, many of these companies found a foothold in New York simply as a mechanism of attracting talent and maintaining the talent.