knack
[noun]
Synonyms: skill, ability, aptitude, capacity, expertise, facility, gift, propensity, talent, trick

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Antonyms: ineptitude
Related Words: quickness, readiness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

knack /næk/ noun informal
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch or Low German knak '(sound of) a sudden blow', from the sound]

1. [singular] a natural skill or ability ⇒ talent
knack for doing something
Some people seem to have a knack for making money.
knack of doing something
Thomson’s knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team.

2. have a knack of doing something British English to have a tendency to do something:
He has a knack of saying the wrong thing.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

knack
noun
ADJ. happy | uncanny | unhappy He had the unhappy knack of making enemies in the party.
VERB + KNACK have | acquire, develop, get Once you get the knack, it's easy.
lose I don't cook much these days and I think I may have lost the knack.
PREP. ~ for a woman with a knack for handling horses
~ of He has the knack of scoring goals just when they are most needed.
~ to Making omelettes isn't difficult, but there's a knack to it.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

knack

have a knack
He seems to have a knack for getting people to agree with him.
get the knack
Once you've got the knack, you'll never forget how to do it.
lose the knack
He proved that he hadn't lost the knack for scoring goals.
an uncanny knack (=an ability that seems surprising or strange)
She has an uncanny knack for knowing what you're really thinking.
an unhappy knack (=a knack that you would not want)
He had the unhappy knack of making enemies.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲