noun
- An innate capability: aptitude, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, talent, turn. See ability/inability, approach/retreat.
| Thesaurus: aptness |
| WordNet: aptness |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a disposition to behave in a certain way
Synonym: propensity
Meaning #2:
appropriateness
Synonym: appositeness
Antonym: inaptness (meaning #1)
| brittleness | |
| startfulness | |
| deceptiveness |
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