Alt. of Competency
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Sufficiency Roget’s Thesaurus §639
N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, q, s, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, "good measure pressed down and running, over." luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, "a land flowing with milk and honey", cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety
V. be sufficient, suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster, have enough, eat, one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill, roll in, swim in, wallow in, wanton, abound, exuberate, teem, flow, stream, rain, shower down, pour, pour in, swarm, bristle with, superabound, render sufficient, replenish
Adj. sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, &c. (complete) 52, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well-provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible
Adv. sufficiently, amply, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint
Phr. "cut and come again", das beste ist gut genug
Skill Roget’s Thesaurus §698
N. skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion &c. *(caution) 864, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke
V. be skillful, excel in, be master of, have a turn for, know what's what, know a hawk from a handsaw, know what one is about, know on which side one's bread is buttered, know what's o'clock, have cut one's eye teeth, have cut one's wisdom teeth, see one's way, see where the wind lies, see which way the wind blows, have all one's wits about one, have one's hand in, savoir vivre, scire quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent, look after the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth, live by one's wits, exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind, stoop to conquer, play one's cards well, play one's best card, hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse, take advantage of, make the most of, profit by &e, (use) 677, make a hit, make a virtue of necessity, make hay while the sun shines
Adj. skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like
Adv. skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo marte, to the best of one's abilities
Phr. ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite, expertus metuit, es bildet ein talent sich in der stille sich ein charakter in dem strom der welt, "heart to conceive the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute", if you have lemons, make lemonade
Wealth Roget’s Thesaurus §803
N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence, good circumstances, easy circumstances, independence, competence, solvency, provision, livelihood, maintenance, alimony, dowry, means, resources, substance, property, command of money, income, capital, money, round sum, mint of money, mine of wealth, el dorado, bonanza, pacatolus, golconda, potosi, long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets, purse of fortunatus, embarras de richesses, pelf, mammon, lucre, filthy lucre, loaves and fishes|, rich man, moneyed man, warm man, man of substance, capitalist, millionaire, tippybob*, nabob, croesus, idas, plutus, dives, timon of athens, timocracy, plutocracy, danae
V. be rich, roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches, afford, well afford, command money, command a sum, make both ends meet, hold one's head above water, become rich, strike it rich, come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery, fill one's pocket, feather one's nest, make a fortune, make money, enrich, imburse, worship the golden calf, worship mammon
Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much, well to do, well off, warm, comfortable, well, well provided for, made of money, rich as croesus, filthy rich, rich as a jew|, rolling in riches, rolling in wealth, flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin*, in funds, in cash, in full feather, solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight
Phr. one's ship coming in, amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout, aurea rumpunt tecta quietem, magna servitus ist magna fortuna, "mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from heaven", opum furiata cupido, vera prosperita e non aver necessita, wie gewonnen so zerronnen
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
0 KJV and 1 BSB verses contain “competence”
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
