Synonyms and Antonyms of faculty
1
a natural ability of the mind or body
- although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever
2
a special and usually inborn ability
- even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable
affinity, bias, disposition, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
ear, eye, mind, nose
feel, hang, instinct, touch, way
capability, competence, facility, proficiency, skill
capacity, potential, power
forte, specialism, speciality, specialty
3
the physical or mental power to do something
- the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened
aptitude, aptness, endowment, equipment, facility, gift, knack, talent
address, adroitness, deftness, dexterity, hand, prowess, skill
gray matter, instinct, intelligence, ken, reason, understanding
might, potency, puissance, staying power, stuff
adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, fitness, form, influence, resourcefulness, usefulness
means, resources, wherewithal
helplessness, impotence, paralysis, powerlessness, weakness
defectiveness, deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness
debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation
