Definition for Competence:

• State of being competent; fitness; suitableness; ability; sufficiency; means sufficient to furnish the necessaries and conveniences of life, without superfluity; legal capacity; legal right or authority.

Synonyms for Competence:

• n.

  •
  • income,
  • support,
  • provision.
  •
  • attest,
  • assign,
  • alienation,
  • assignment,
  • alienate,
  • faculty,
  • blind trust,
  • cancel,
  • cancellation,
  • bail,
  • cause.
  •
  • right.
  •ability (noun)
  • appropriateness,
  • making the grade,
  • suitability,
  • know-how,
  • cutting it,
  • makings,
  • moxie,
  • cutting the mustard,
  • expertise.
  •adequacy (noun)
  • requisitenesses,
  • tolerablenesses,
  • satisfactorinesses,
  • action capabilities,
  • commensuratenesses.
  •aptitude (noun)
  • what it take,
  • what takes,
  • what take,
  • giftednesses.
  •attribute (noun)
  • competence.
  •caliber (noun)
  • worthinesses,
  • habilitations.
  •capability (noun)
  • qualifiednesses.
  •capacity (noun)
  • up it,
  • the good.
  •craft (noun)
  • know how.
  •efficacy (noun)
  • capableness,
  • efficacies,
  • efficacy.
  •efficiency (noun)
  • skillfulnesses.
  •enough (noun)
  • amplenesses,
  • sufficients,
  • right amounts,
  • ample supplies.
  •experience (noun)
  • wit,
  • sophistication,
  • background,
  • wisdom,
  • practice,
  • savoir-faire.
  •expertise (noun)
  • masterlinesses.
  •expertise/expertness (noun)
  • ex-pertnesses,
  • ex pertnesses,
  • ablenesses,
  • ex pertness,
  • one thing,
  • ex-pertness,
  • one things,
  • ones thing,
  • one's things,
  • ones things.
  •facility (noun)
  • smooth sailing,
  • leanings.
  •finesse (noun)
  • savoirfaire,
  • big sticks.
  •fitness (noun)
  • Concurrency,
  • seasonableness,
  • congruousness,
  • expediency,
  • patness,
  • admissibility,
  • auspiciousness.
  •force (noun)
  • de-terminations,
  • impressivenesses,
  • de terminations,
  • validnesses,
  • in tensity,
  • de-termination,
  • in-tensity,
  • de termination.
  •power (noun)
  • grasp,
  • control,
  • authority,
  • command,
  • potency,
  • energy,
  • power,
  • strength,
  • puissance,
  • vigor.
  •proficiency (noun)
  • head-way,
  • head way.
  •propensity (noun)
  • dis-positions,
  • pre disposition,
  • dis positions,
  • inclinings,
  • pre dispositions,
  • dis-position,
  • pre-disposition,
  • dis position.
  •qualification (noun)
  • suitableness.
  •skill (noun)
  • artfulness,
  • genius,
  • technique,
  • mastery,
  • adeptness,
  • adroitness,
  • knack,
  • deftness,
  • experience,
  • talent,
  • cunning,
  • dexterity.
  •smarts (noun)
  • the right stuffs,
  • precocities.
  •stature (noun)
  • tallnesses.
  •subsistence (noun)
  • pro visions,
  • bread butter,
  • up-keep,
  • sub-stances,
  • re-source,
  • up keeps,
  • re-sources,
  • pro-vision,
  • in come,
  • in-dependence,
  • up-keeps,
  • re sources,
  • in-dependences,
  • pro vision,
  • sub stances,
  • sub-stance,
  • pro-visions,
  • up keep,
  • re source,
  • in dependences,
  • in dependence,
  • in-come,
  • sub stance,
  • in comes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • high gear,
  • repertoire,
  • bent,
  • instinct,
  • form,
  • functioning,
  • acrobatics,
  • accomplishment,
  • virtuosity,
  • armory,
  • showmanship,
  • artistry,
  • style,
  • resource,
  • workmanship,
  • equipment,
  • core competence,
  • wizardry,
  • gift,
  • polish,
  • hand-eye coordination,
  • street smarts,
  • sense,
  • accuracy,
  • the wherewithal,
  • trick.
  •
  • touch,
  • It,
  • wealth,
  • class,
  • ease.
  •
  • mandate.

Paraphrases for Competence:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    proficiency.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    proficiency.
  • Verb, past tense
    proficiency.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    competences.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    incompetence.

• Independent

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    within.
  • Adjective
    skilled, competing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Duties, competition, responsibility, responsibilities, competencia.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    competition, matter, concurrence, concern, portfolio, sophistication, appropriateness, experience, responsibility, validity, sovereignty.
  • Verb, past participle
    mandated, concerned, permitted, Performed, entrusted, Introduced, governed, Managed, covered, equipped, Attributed, entitled, designated, authorised, trained, vested, authorized, Exercised, regulated, decided, left, handled, Tackled, Undertaken, addressed, Carried, treated, Dealt, reserved, jurisdiction.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    sets.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    competency, proficient, competent, capacity, jurisdictional.
  • Proper noun, singular
    competency, jurisdiction, jurisdictions, expertise, competitiveness, competent, capacity, Capacities, competencies, jurisdictional.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    purview, remit, competency, jurisdiction, prerogative, professionalism, discretion, excellence, specialization, expertise, province, fitness, ambit, specialisation, competitiveness, competent, performance, domain, capacity, relevance.
  • Adverb
    competency, competently, competencies.
  • Verb, past tense
    competency.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    compete.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    competencies.
  • Verb, base form
    compete.

Antonyms for Competence:

• n.

  • ability
    ignorance, lack, incapability, inability, incompetence, inadequacy, inappropriateness, ineptness, impotence.
  • Other antonyms:
    inadequateness, Incapacitation, ineffectuality, helplessness, debilitation, weakness, disablement, ineffectiveness, uselessness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficaciousness, defectiveness, incapableness, paralysis, disability, deficiency, impairment.

Competence Sentence Examples:

• You hid it, and you know where it is, and I am in need of a competence for my old age.

• And under the circumstances, it must have been difficult for him to refuse what would have been a certain competence, - Not difficult, Sergius!

Hypernym for Competence:

• n.

  • attribute
    fitness, linguistic competence, proficiency.

Hyponym for Competence:

• n.

  • attribute
    ability.