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Synonyms for competence
ˈkɒm pɪ tənscom·pe·tence
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competencenoun
Synonyms:
nous, knack, savoir-faire, ability, aptitude, competencyAntonyms:
inability, ineptitude, incompetencecompetencenoun
The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
Synonyms:
competency, ability, knack, aptitude, savoir-faire, nousAntonyms:
inability, ineptitude, incompetencecompetencenoun
The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.
Synonyms:
aptitude, competency, savoir-faire, ability, knack, nousAntonyms:
inability, incompetence, ineptitudecompetencenoun
A sustainable income.
Synonyms:
aptitude, competency, knack, ability, nous, savoir-faireAntonyms:
inability, incompetence, ineptitudecompetencenoun
In law, the legal authority to deal with a matter.
Synonyms:
nous, aptitude, knack, competency, ability, savoir-faireAntonyms:
ineptitude, inability, incompetence
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
competence
Synonyms:
power, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, abilityAntonyms:
incompetence, weakness, inability, insufficiency, want, poverty, impecuniosity, indigence
Princeton's WordNet
competence, competencynoun
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Synonyms:
competencyAntonyms:
incompetency, incompetence
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
competencenoun
Synonyms:
ability, ableness, capableness, capacity, qualification, suitableness, fitnesscompetencenoun
Synonyms:
sufficiency, adequateness, adequacy, enough
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "competence":
jurisdiction, competency, competencies, skill, skills, remit, expertise, proficiency, competition, purview, competences, powers, responsibility, jurisdictional, power, authority, compétence, competent, ability, competencia, capacity, proficiency
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#307 | power | |
#1120 | skills | |
#1431 | authority | |
#1487 | responsibility | |
#1589 | ability | |
#1686 | capacity | |
#2078 | competition | |
#3686 | powers | |
#4016 | expertise | |
#4391 | skill | |
#4723 | wealth | |
#5190 | jurisdiction | |
#9018 | competent | |
#10206 | competence | |
#12633 | proficiency | |
#13549 | competency | |
#14244 | competencies | |
#16315 | nous | |
#17656 | adequacy | |
#21787 | sufficiency | |
#23634 | jurisdictional | |
#24731 | remit | |
#26088 | aptitude | |
#34908 | knack | |
#44855 | competences | |
#48684 | purview | |
#198242 | competencia |
How to use competence in a sentence?
**(C)(P)-THE URGENCY OF NOW-SITUATION DICTATES THAT WE ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE TO GET AND ACHIEVE OUR FOCUSED OBJECTIVES. DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES MAY ARISE FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE. HINDSIGHT MAY ALWAYS TRY TO VALIDATE FORESIGHT, BUT ONLY IF FORESIGHT WAS PREDICTABLE IN ITS OUTCOMES!
Courage is COMPETENCE!
One has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to understand the loss in his sagacity, balance, cooperation, competence, and purpose which Man has suffered since he rose up on his hind legs.... He began to chatter and he developed Reason, Thought, and Imagination, qualities which would get the smartest group of rabbits or orioles in the world into inextricable trouble overnight.
But, you know, in some sense it's hopeless in any case ... I mean, the new terms are even worse, but the terms that they were being offered before were still not going to work. So, I, you know -- I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government.
As an old seaman, I offer my deferential salute to the ship captain for having done his job with great dignity and competence, he was last off, as a captain should be.
Translations for competence
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- مهارةArabic
- компетентност, способност, вещина, правомощие, меродавност, умениеBulgarian
- competènciaCatalan, Valencian
- Können, Sachkunde, Zuständigkeit, Befähigung, Kompetenz, BefugnisGerman
- competenciaSpanish
- kompetenssiFinnish
- compétenceFrench
- competenzaItalian
- āheingaMāori
- competentie, bekwaamheid, bevoegdheidDutch
- умение, способность, компетенция, компетентность, правомочиеRussian
- 權限Chinese
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