Synonyms for aptness
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Noun
1. Ability — proneness; tendency
ability, turn, intelligence, talent, facility, fitness, genius, faculty, tendency, readiness, brightness, disposition, inclination, felicity, knack, ingenuity, aptitude, propensity, dexterity, sharpness, quickness, appropriateness
Definitions
- n. 1
Proneness; tendency.
the aptness of iron to rust
Forms
- Plural
- aptnesses → abilities, turns, intelligences, talents…
Example sentences
- ability He exceeds all his brothers in scholastic ability.
- intelligence My kitchen help has the intelligence of a spatula.
- talent His success is not so much by talent as by effort.
- facility Tom has a facility for acquiring foreign languages.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| aptness | steady | |
| ability | rising | |
| intelligence | rising | |
| talent | rising | |
| facility | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- turn1
- 5 letters
- knack1
- 6 letters
- talent2, genius2
- 7 letters
- ability4, fitness2, faculty3
- 8 letters
- facility4, tendency3, felicity4, aptitude3
- 9 letters
- readiness3, ingenuity5, dexterity4, sharpness2, quickness2
- 10 letters
- brightness2, propensity4
- 11 letters
- disposition4, inclination4
- 12 letters
- intelligence4
- 15 letters
- appropriateness5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (talent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aptitude
- Italiano
- attitudine
- Español
- aptitud
- Deutsch
- Eignung
- Català
- aptitud