flair
[noun]
Synonyms:
- ability, aptitude, faculty, feel, genius, gift, knack, mastery, talent
- style, chic, dash, discernment, elegance, panache, stylishness, taste

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English Thesaurus: skill, talent, genius, gift, flair, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

flair /fleə $ fler/ noun
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: 'sense of smell']

1. [singular] a natural ability to do something very well Synonym : talent:
Jo has a flair for languages.

2. [uncountable] a way of doing things that is interesting and shows imagination
artistic/creative flair
a job for which artistic flair is essential
Irwin has real entrepreneurial flair.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

flair
noun
ADJ. considerable, great | real | natural | artistic, creative, design, entrepreneurial, imaginative
VERB + FLAIR have She has a natural flair for languages.
show | lack His designs are all right, but he lacks artistic flair.
develop
PREP. with ~ jazz guitarists who improvise with flair
~ for an activist with a flair for publicity

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

skill [uncountable and countable] an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it:
He plays the piano with great skill.
communication/language/computer etc skills
The course will help you improve your communication skills.
talent [uncountable and countable] a natural ability to do something well which can be developed with practice:
She was a young artist with a lot of talent.
She showed a talent for acting from an early age.
He is a man of many talents.
genius [uncountable] very great ability, which only a few people have:
The opera shows Mozart’s genius as a composer.
Picasso was a painter of genius.
gift [countable] a natural ability to do something very well, which you were born with:
You can see that he has a gift for the game.
Winterson has great gifts as a writer.
flair [singular, uncountable] skill for doing something, especially something that needs imagination and creativity:
The job does require some creative flair.
She has a flair for languages.
expertise [uncountable] specialized knowledge of a technical subject, which you get from experience of doing that type of work:
The technical expertise for building the dam is being provided by a US company.
a/the knack /næk/ [singular] informal a special skill for doing a particular thing, especially a simple everyday thing:
Breadmaking is easy once you get the knack.
He has a knack for making people feel relaxed.

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