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.
  •
  • faculty.
  •
  • right.
  •ability (noun)
  • appropriateness,
  • making the grade,
  • suitability,
  • know-how,
  • cutting it,
  • makings,
  • moxie,
  • cutting the mustard,
  • expertise.
  •efficacy (noun)
  • efficacy,
  • capableness.
  •experience (noun)
  • wit,
  • sophistication,
  • background,
  • wisdom,
  • practice,
  • savoir-faire.
  •importance (noun)
  • stature.
  •power (noun)
  • grasp,
  • control,
  • authority,
  • command,
  • potency,
  • energy,
  • power,
  • strength,
  • puissance,
  • vigor.
  •skill (noun)
  • artfulness,
  • genius,
  • technique,
  • mastery,
  • adeptness,
  • adroitness,
  • knack,
  • deftness,
  • experience,
  • talent,
  • cunning,
  • dexterity.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.

Hypernym for Competence:

• n.

  • attribute
    fitness, linguistic competence, proficiency.

Hyponym for Competence:

• n.

  • attribute
    ability.