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.

  •
  • support,
  • prowess,
  • gift,
  • subsistence,
  • income,
  • provision.
  •
  • faculty,
  • capacity.
  •
  • right,
  • mandate.
  •ability (noun)
  • makings,
  • capacity,
  • skill,
  • Qualifiedness,
  • cutting it,
  • cutting the mustard,
  • expertise,
  • adequacy,
  • savvy,
  • capability,
  • making the grade,
  • moxie,
  • fitness,
  • proficiency,
  • the goods,
  • competency,
  • qualification,
  • know-how,
  • suitability,
  • the right stuff,
  • appropriateness,
  • might.
  •attribute (noun)
  • competency.
  •competence (noun)
  • competency.
  •efficacy (noun)
  • efficacy,
  • capableness.
  •experience (noun)
  • wit,
  • sophistication,
  • background,
  • wisdom,
  • practice,
  • savoir-faire.
  •importance (noun)
  • stature.
  •knowledge (noun)
  • expertise.
  •power (noun)
  • control,
  • potency,
  • vigor,
  • puissance,
  • authority,
  • command,
  • power,
  • force,
  • might,
  • strength,
  • energy,
  • grasp.
  •qualification (noun)
  • suitableness,
  • fitness.
  •skill (noun)
  • adeptness,
  • craft,
  • deftness,
  • artfulness,
  • technique,
  • experience,
  • mastery,
  • capability,
  • knack,
  • facility,
  • know-how,
  • aptitude,
  • ability,
  • talent,
  • cunning,
  • adroitness,
  • dexterity,
  • proficiency,
  • skill,
  • acuity,
  • flair,
  • genius,
  • expertise.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gift,
  • efficiency,
  • trick,
  • wizardry,
  • professionalism,
  • prowess,
  • sense,
  • resource,
  • accuracy,
  • forte,
  • virtuosity,
  • armory,
  • finesse,
  • accomplishment,
  • artistry,
  • showmanship,
  • style,
  • workmanship,
  • polish.
  •
  • It,
  • wealth,
  • qualification,
  • subsistence,
  • touch,
  • capacity,
  • ease.
  •
  • mandate.
  •
  • faculty.
  •appropriateness
  • fitness.
  •capacity
  • adequacy.
  •talent
  • propensity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • handiness,
  • afford,
  • skilled,
  • fortune,
  • virtuosity,
  • grace,
  • Qualifiedness,
  • finish,
  • Abilities,
  • skillful,
  • clever,
  • hacking it,
  • offer,
  • accomplished,
  • artisanship,
  • suitableness,
  • confident,
  • legitimacy,
  • say-so,
  • donate,
  • excellence,
  • adequateness,
  • artifice,
  • enough,
  • armory,
  • suitability,
  • tempering,
  • divine right,
  • income,
  • intelligence,
  • cutting it,
  • the right stuff,
  • purview,
  • furnish,
  • stuff,
  • effectual,
  • lawful authority,
  • efficacy,
  • Panurgy,
  • ingenuity,
  • Quantum Sufficit,
  • solvency,
  • dexterous,
  • capacity,
  • trim,
  • intellect,
  • diplomacy,
  • lend,
  • Ableness,
  • deplete,
  • coordination,
  • cutting the mustard,
  • polish,
  • It,
  • ambidexterity,
  • seemliness,
  • mother wit,
  • independence,
  • makings,
  • seamanship,
  • spend,
  • legal authority,
  • deception,
  • brilliant,
  • powers,
  • conception,
  • Dextrousness,
  • competency,
  • sleight of hand,
  • adequacy,
  • art,
  • touch,
  • savvy,
  • eligibility,
  • maturity,
  • sense,
  • trick,
  • mastership,
  • provision,
  • experienced,
  • effective,
  • right amount,
  • clothe,
  • subsistence,
  • efficient,
  • mandate,
  • crafty,
  • livelihood,
  • the goods,
  • absolute power,
  • gift,
  • support,
  • faculty,
  • bless,
  • tact,
  • sufficiency,
  • perceptiveness,
  • right stuff,
  • adroit,
  • idea,
  • judgement,
  • craftsmanship,
  • minimum,
  • ambidextrousness,
  • making the grade,
  • jurisdiction,
  • intimacy,
  • resource,
  • horsemanship,
  • workmanship,
  • effectiveness,
  • accomplishment,
  • rightful authority,
  • knowledge,
  • capableness,
  • goods,
  • royal prerogative,
  • consume,
  • sustenance,
  • familiar with,
  • proficient,
  • provide,
  • Callidity,
  • moxie,
  • prerogative,
  • appropriateness,
  • Bravura,
  • perspicacity,
  • get,
  • brilliance,
  • propensity,
  • skillfulness,
  • condition,
  • right,
  • fix,
  • say,
  • endow,
  • timing,
  • acumen,
  • bore,
  • cleverness,
  • seasoning,
  • accuracy,
  • riches,
  • qualification,
  • awareness,
  • impart,
  • withal,
  • wherewithal,
  • strong point,
  • tire,
  • opulence,
  • living wage,
  • efficiency,
  • bury,
  • satisfactoriness,
  • brain,
  • satisfaction,
  • potential,
  • artistry,
  • capable,
  • tactfulness,
  • quality,
  • preparedness,
  • wizardry,
  • expert,
  • handle,
  • sufficient,
  • gifted,
  • style,
  • Fittedness,
  • professionalism,
  • competent,
  • means,
  • performance,
  • adept,
  • absolutism,
  • wealth,
  • finesse,
  • expertness,
  • aptness,
  • understanding,
  • contribute,
  • prowess,
  • Familiarity,
  • ripeness,
  • fit,
  • cut out for,
  • resourcefulness,
  • caliber,
  • affluence,
  • invest,
  • able,
  • ease,
  • acquaintance,
  • ingeniousness,
  • quickness,
  • able to,
  • merit,
  • airmanship,
  • consecrate,
  • perception,
  • Technic,
  • readiness,
  • grip,
  • Regality,
  • marksmanship,
  • susceptibility,
  • apt,
  • just enough,
  • forte,
  • vacate,
  • artful,
  • pertinence,
  • ability,
  • address,
  • showmanship,
  • potentiality,
  • Skilfulness,
  • give,
  • fitness,
  • abundance,
  • sleight,
  • stature,
  • Dexterousness,
  • calibre.

Antonyms for Competence:

• n.

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