Synonyms of the word knack


KNACKBENT - ENDOWMENT - GIFT - HANG - TALENT

knack

  • n. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
  • n. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
  • n. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.
  • v. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
  • v. To speak affectedly.

bent

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of bend.
  • adj. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented.
  • adj. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain) Homosexual.
  • adj. Determined or insistent.
  • adj. Of a person, leading a life of crime.
  • adj. (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting.
  • adj. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
  • adj. (slang) High from using both marijuana and alcohol.
  • n. An inclination or talent.
  • n. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
  • n. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
  • n. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
  • n. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
  • n. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
  • n. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
  • n. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
  • n. A grassy area, grassland.

endowment

  • n. Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
  • n. Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
  • n. A form of life insurance paying a lump sum to the policyholder on a fixed date, or to the estate if the…

gift

  • n. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
  • n. A talent or natural ability.
  • n. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  • n. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
  • v. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
  • v. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

hang

  • v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
  • v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
  • v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to…
  • v. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
  • v. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
  • v. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  • v. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  • v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
  • v. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must…
  • v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  • v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  • v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
  • v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
  • n. The way in which something hangs.
  • n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding.
  • n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
  • n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
  • n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
  • n. Alternative spelling of Hang.

talent

  • n. A marked natural ability or skill.
  • n. (historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle…
  • n. (obsolete) A desire or inclination for something.
  • n. (business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
  • n. (slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

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