Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity

• know-how

  1. The knowledge and skill required to do something correctly.

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• technique

  1. The basic method for making or doing something, such as an artistic work or scientific procedure:
  2. Skill or command in a particular activity:

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• skill

  1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience:
  2. A developed talent or ability:
  3. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body:

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• proficiency

  1. The state or quality of being proficient; competence.

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• knack

  1. A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach:
  2. A tendency or pattern of behavior:
  3. A clever trick.

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• expertness

  1. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency

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• expertise

  1. Skill or knowledge in a particular area.

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• craft

  1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
  2. Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
  3. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.

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• command

  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule:
  3. To have at one's disposal:

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• art

  1. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
  2. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
  3. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:

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• adeptness

  1. The quality of being adept.

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• ability

  1. The quality of being able to do something, especially the physical, mental, financial, or legal power to accomplish something.
  2. A skill, talent, or capacity:
  3. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to a specified treatment:

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The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge

• say-so

  1. An unsupported statement or assurance:
  2. An expression of permission or approval:
  3. The right or authority to decide:

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• sway

  1. To swing back and forth or to and fro.
  2. To incline or bend to one side; veer:
  3. To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:

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• sovereignty

  1. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
  2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
  3. Complete independence and self-government.

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• prerogative

  1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right.
  2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:
  3. Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.

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• power

  1. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
  2. A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude:
  3. Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted:

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• might

  1. Great power or force, as of a nation or army.
  2. Physical strength:

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• jurisdiction

  1. The right of a court to hear a particular case, based on the scope of its authority over the type of case and the parties to the case.
  2. Authority or control:
  3. The extent of authority or control:

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• dominion

  1. Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty:
  2. A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
  3. A self-governing nation under the nominal rule of the British monarch.

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• domination

  1. Control or power over another or others.
  2. The exercise of such control or power.
  3. The fourth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

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• control

  1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct:
  2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
  3. To hold in restraint; check:

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• command

  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule:
  3. To have at one's disposal:

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• authority

  1. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
  2. One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
  3. Power assigned to another; authorization:

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The act of exercising controlling power or the condition of being so controlled

• sway

  1. To swing back and forth or to and fro.
  2. To incline or bend to one side; veer:
  3. To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:

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• rule

  1. Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
  2. The duration of such power.
  3. An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.

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• reign

  1. Exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch.
  2. The period during which a monarch rules.
  3. Dominance or widespread influence:

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• dominion

  1. Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty:
  2. A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
  3. A self-governing nation under the nominal rule of the British monarch.

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• domination

  1. Control or power over another or others.
  2. The exercise of such control or power.
  3. The fourth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

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• dominance

  1. The condition or fact of being dominant.

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• control

  1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct:
  2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
  3. To hold in restraint; check:

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• command

  1. To direct with authority; give orders to.
  2. To have control or authority over; rule:
  3. To have at one's disposal:

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Control

• hegemony

  1. The predominance of one state or social group over others.

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• government

  1. The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
  2. The office, function, or authority of a governing individual or body.
  3. Exercise of authority in a political unit; rule.

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• sovereignty

  1. Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.
  2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
  3. Complete independence and self-government.

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• dominance

  1. The condition or fact of being dominant.

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Ability to use to the full

• adeptness

  1. The quality of being adept.

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• genius

  1. Extraordinary intellectual and creative power:
  2. A person of extraordinary intellect and talent.
  3. A person who has an exceptionally high intelligence quotient, typically above 140.

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• proficiency

  1. The state or quality of being proficient; competence.

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• expertness

  1. The state of being expert; skill or proficiency

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• knowledge

  1. The state or fact of knowing:
  2. Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
  3. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned:

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• capacity

  1. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb something:
  2. The maximum amount that can be contained:
  3. The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.

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• adroitness

  1. Displays of skillfulness or ease of ability.

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• cunning

  1. Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
  2. Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
  3. Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute:

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• skill

  1. Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience:
  2. A developed talent or ability:
  3. An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body:

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• backing

  1. Something forming a back:
  2. Support or aid:
  3. Approval or endorsement:

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• force

  1. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
  2. Power made operative against resistance; exertion:
  3. The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain:

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• influence

  1. A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
  2. Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
  3. A person who exerts such power:

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• power

  1. The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
  2. A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude:
  3. Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted:

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