Natural or acquired facility in a specific activity

• know-how

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

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  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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  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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• proficiency

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

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

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• mastery

  1. Possession of consummate skill.
  2. The status of master or ruler; control:
  3. Full command of a subject of study:

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  1. Possession of consummate skill.
  2. The status of master or ruler; control:
  3. Full command of a subject of study:

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body

• sleight

  1. Deftness; dexterity.
  2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.

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  1. Deftness; dexterity.
  2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.

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• prowess

  1. Superior skill or ability.
  2. Superior strength, courage, or daring, especially in battle.

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  1. Superior skill or ability.
  2. Superior strength, courage, or daring, especially in battle.

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• dexterousness

  1. The state or quality of being dexterous.

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  1. The state or quality of being dexterous.

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• dexterity

  1. Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness.
  2. Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness.

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  1. Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness.
  2. Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness.

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• deftness

  1. The characteristic of being deft.

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  1. The characteristic of being deft.

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• adroitness

  1. Displays of skillfulness or ease of ability.

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  1. Displays of skillfulness or ease of ability.

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Ability

• 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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  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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• facility

  1. Ease in moving, acting, or doing:
  2. An ability or talent; an aptitude:
  3. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function:

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  1. Ease in moving, acting, or doing:
  2. An ability or talent; an aptitude:
  3. A building, room, array of equipment, or a number of such things, designed to serve a particular function:

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• dexterity

  1. Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness.
  2. Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness.

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  1. Skill and grace in physical movement, especially in the use of the hands; adroitness.
  2. Mental skill or adroitness; cleverness.

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Trade

• 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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  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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• work

  1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
  2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
  3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:

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  1. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
  2. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
  3. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:

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• occupation

  1. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
  2. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
  3. The act or process of holding or possessing a place.

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  1. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
  2. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
  3. The act or process of holding or possessing a place.

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