Synonyms for dexterity
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
Playing computer games can improve your manual dexterity.
Forms
- Plural
- dexterities → skills, abilities, clevernesses, aptitudes…
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a, to, and droit, right) and dexterity (L. We speak of adroitness in fencing, boxing, or debate; of dexterity in horsemanship, in the use of tools, weapons, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- ability He exceeds all his brothers in scholastic ability.
- skill Has Tom started learning a new skill for survival?
- aptitude Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
- cleverness Granted his cleverness, he may still be mistaken.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dexterity | steady | |
| ability | rising | |
| skill | steady | |
| aptitude | falling | |
| cleverness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- art1
- 4 letters
- tact1
- 5 letters
- touch1, skill1, craft1, knack1
- 6 letters
- talent2
- 7 letters
- ability4, address2, faculty3, mastery3, sleight1
- 8 letters
- capacity4, facility4, aptitude3
- 9 letters
- readiness3, quickness2, smartness2
- 10 letters
- cleverness3, nimbleness, adroitness
- 11 letters
- proficiency4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (talent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dextérité
- Italiano
- destrezza
- Español
- destreza
- Deutsch
- Geschicklichkeit