Synonyms for faculty
ˈfæk əl tifac·ul·ty

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1. faculty

   Power is the most general term of this group, including every quality, property, or faculty by which any change, effect, or result is, or may be, produced; as, the power of the legislature to enact laws, or of the executive to enforce them; the power of an acid to corrode a metal; the power of a polished surface to reflect light. Ability is nearly coextensive with power, but does not reach the positiveness and vigor that may be included in the meaning of power, ability often implying latent, as distinguished from active power; we speak of an exertion of power, but not of an exertion of ability. Power and ability include capacity, which is power to receive; but ability is often distinguished from capacity, as power that may be manifested in doing, as capacity is in receiving; one may have great capacity for acquiring knowledge, and yet not possess ability to teach. Efficiency is active power to effect a definite result, the power that actually does, as distinguished from that which may do. Competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion. Faculty is an inherent quality of mind or body; talent, some special mental ability. Dexterity and skill are readiness and facility in action, having a special end; talent is innate, dexterity and skill are largely acquired. Our abilities include our natural capacity, faculties, and talents, with all the dexterity, skill, and readiness that can be acquired. Efficacy is the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it; as, the efficacy of a drug. Efficiency is effectual agency, competent power; efficiency is applied in mechanics as denoting the ratio of the effect produced to the power expended in producing it; but this word is chiefly used of intelligent agents as denoting the quality that brings all one's power to bear promptly and to the best purpose on the thing to be done. Compare ADDRESS; DEXTERITY; SKILFUL.

   Synonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

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1. faculty, mental faculty, modulenoun

   one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

   Synonyms:
   module, mental faculty, staff

2. staff, facultynoun

   the body of teachers and administrators at a school

   "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

   Synonyms:
   stave, module, mental faculty, staff

Matched Categories

1. • Ability
   • Body

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1. fortenoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

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1. facultynoun

   Synonyms:
   power, capability, capacity, ingenuity, competency, endowment, gift, virtue, property, quality, talent, forte

2. facultynoun

   Synonyms:
   skill, skilfulness, ability, ableness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, address, cleverness, aptitude, aptness, knack, turn, quickness, readiness, facility

3. facultynoun

   Synonyms:
   department, profession, craft

4. facultynoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) privilege, license, right

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1. facultynoun

   Synonyms:
   endowment, capability, talent, ability, knack, gift, competency, dexterity, skill ingenuity, adroitness

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1. List of paraphrases for "faculty":

   faculté, professors, teachers, facultad, faculties, college, power, school, teacher, ability, option, professor, discretion

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1. John McAdams:

   It would be odd to be charged with harassing someone by reporting something accurately on my blog, a lot of politically correct faculty have wanted my head on a pike.

2. Sharon Holland:

   The procedures used during the training were not authorized by USU faculty.

3. University of Arizona:

   These students willfully put others at risk, and that is never acceptable. We will not let the actions of a few take away the opportunity for in-person learning that more than 8,000 faculty and staff have worked so hard to accomplish for the more than 30,000 MU students.

4. Mark Perry:

   Faculty have been concerned for a long time about administrative bloat in higher education. When you look at the cost of college over the last 10, 20, 30, 40 years, college tuition fees have gone up more than any other consumer product, good or service.

5. Harvard College:

   The concerns expressed have been serious and numerous. The actions that have been taken to improve the climate have been ineffective, and the noticeable lack of faculty dean presence during critical moments has further deteriorated the climate in the house.