Competency Synonyms and Antonyms

kŏmpĭ-tən-sē
Physical, mental, financial, or legal power to perform
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ability
  2. capability
  3. capacity
  4. competence
  5. faculty
  6. might
Conferred power
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. competence
  2. authority
  3. faculty
  4. mandate
  5. right
Antonyms:
  1. incompetence
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Words Related to Competency

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Competency Sentence Examples

  • Resistance exercises can inspire a feeling of competency.

  • It has also the duty of deciding disputes as to the competency of the other Congregations.

  • The theological application and development of Hamilton's arguments in Mansel's Bampton Lectures On the Limits of Religious Thought marked a still more determined attack, in the interests of theology, upon the competency of reason.

  • However, the authors also suggest that feelings of competency, as well as the opportunities for social interaction contribute to the mood enhancing benefits of exercise.

  • Gathering together to make your own laundry detergent is a good rainy day project for children, as it teaches them a valuable lesson on competency and frugality, while providing them with a positive sense of independence.

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