What is another word for Faculties?

Pronunciation: [fˈakə͡ltˌiz] (IPA)

Faculties are the cognitive and physical abilities that humans possess. They include intellectual abilities such as memory, reasoning, and problem-solving skills, as well as sensory and motor functions. Some synonyms for the word faculties include skills, abilities, aptitudes, capabilities, competencies, talents, and gifts. Other synonyms for faculties related to specific senses or cognitive functions include sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, perception, and imagination. These synonyms can help to describe an individual's range of abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, and can be useful in educational and professional contexts when discussing human potential and performance.

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Usage examples for Faculties

Their Faculties are of a restricted order, and missionary efforts among them have never yet yielded any satisfactory results.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The business-life of a great city seems to care little for weather, and possibly they whose intent Faculties are bent on gain, scarcely remember whether the sun shines upon their labors.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
My good mother, who died at the ripe old age of ninety-two with all her Faculties, gave me a liberal and handsome education with her own hands.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole

Famous quotes with Faculties

  • It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured.
    Joseph Glanvill

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