knack

Meaning

Noun

1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
2. A petty contrivance; a toy.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
2. To speak affectedly.

Synonyms

skill

ability

aptitude

trick

talent

hang

faculty

craft

secret

㊙️

flair

dexterity

experience

mastery

hand

✋

masterliness

forte

bent

technique

grip

proficiency

capacity

adeptness

key

🔑

know-how

slickness

genius

gift

🎁

gimmick

hocus pocus

impetus

knap

knickknack

liveliness

manner

mood

nicknack

pitch

power

practice

promptness

prowess

quickness

realisation

realization

rhythm

ropes

ruse

smartness

state of health

strain

stunt

style

sufficiency

taunt

time

⌚

tone

trend

tune

vein

vivacity

way

workmanship

aptitude for

spur of the moment

special skill

access

crack

school psychologist

savoir-faire

cum-savvy

accomplishment

adroitness

animation

approach

art

🎨

business connection

caliber

calibre

capability

capableness

clumsiness

competence

comprehension

condition

contrivance

craftsmanship

device

dodge

efficiency

endowment

expertise

facility

flare

fluency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/næk/

Etymology

Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.