talent

Meaning of talent

noun
  1. natural aptitude or skill.
    he possesses more talent than any other player
    she displayed a talent for garden design
  2. a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks.
    a mighty steed bought from a Thessalian merchant for thirteen talents

Old English talente, talentan (as a unit of weight), from Latin talenta, plural of talentum ‘weight, sum of money’, from Greek talanton . talent (sense 1) is a figurative use with biblical allusion to the parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14–30).

Information about talent

Hyphenation of talent

tal-ent

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • talent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

talent synonyms

Meaning endowment:

endowment, gift

Meaning a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well:

flair

Meaning a natural tendency:

aptitude

Meaning a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily:

facility

Meaning an acquired or natural skill at doing something:

knack

Meaning skill or ability in a particular field:

technique

Meaning a distinctive manner or method of dealing with something:

touch

Meaning a natural talent or inclination:

bent

Meaning talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area:

ability

Meaning expert skill or knowledge in a particular field:

expertise

Meaning the ability or power to do or understand something:

capacity

Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:

power

Meaning an aptitude for doing something:

faculty

Meaning a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing:

strength

Meaning a thing at which someone excels:

forte

Meaning exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability:

genius

Meaning exceptional talent or intelligence:

brilliance

Meaning skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands:

dexterity

Meaning cleverness or skill:

adroitness

Meaning the ability to do something well; expertise:

skill

Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:

cleverness

Meaning great skill in music or another artistic pursuit:

virtuosity

Meaning creative skill or ability:

artistry

talent antonyms

Meaning the state of being unable to do something:

inability

Meaning the quality of being awkward or careless in one's movements:

clumsiness

Translation of talent

Anagrams of talent

Lanett, latent, latten, nattle, tantle

Words that rhyme with talent

Lent, lent, ambivalent, aquavalent, avalent, bioequivalent, bivalent, counterequivalent, covalent, divalent, electrovalent, entalent, equivalent, equvalent, exhalent, heptavalent, heterovalent, hexavalent, hypervalent, inequivalent, inhalent, intranscalent, isovalent, maltalent, milliequivalent, monovalent, multivalent, noncovalent, nonequivalent, nonprevalent, nonvalent, octavalent, octovalent, omniprevalent, omnivalent, outtalent, pentacovalent, pentavalent, plurivalent, polyvalent, prevalent, quadrivalent, quantivalent, quinquevalent, quinquivalent, septavalent, septivalent, sexavalent, sexivalent, sexvalent

Are you looking more rhymes for talent? Try our rhymes search engine.