Synonyms for knack
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Talent — A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something
talent, skill, aptitude, dexterity, flair, ability, ingenuity, quickness, touch, ease, competence, feeling, craft, gift, proficiency, facility, capacity, readiness, faculty, adroitness, aptness, expertness
2. Toy — A petty contrivance; a toy
knick-knack, toy, trinket, plaything, bauble, gimcrack, trifle, gaud
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
- n. 2
A petty contrivance; a toy.
- n. 3
Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.
Related words
- Word family
- knacked
Forms
- Plural
- knacks → talents, skills, aptitudes, dexterities…
Example sentences
- talent His success is not so much by talent as by effort.
- skill Has Tom started learning a new skill for survival?
- aptitude Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
- dexterity Playing the piano requires manual dexterity.
By length
- 3 letters
- toy1
- 4 letters
- gift1, hang1, ease1, bent1, gaud
- 5 letters
- touch1, trick1, skill1, craft1, flair1
- 6 letters
- device2, talent2, trifle2, bauble2
- 7 letters
- feeling2, ability4, faculty3, trinket2, aptness
- 8 letters
- capacity4, facility4, aptitude3, gimcrack
- 9 letters
- readiness3, ingenuity5, dexterity4, quickness2, plaything2
- 10 letters
- competence3, adroitness, expertness
- 11 letters
- proficiency4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (device2 = 2 syllables).