talent Definition

talent
noun

1. A special or innate skill, aptitude or ability, especially for art or music, etc.

Thesaurus: aptitude, ability, forte, knack, gift, capability, skill, endowment, flair, expertise.
2. High general or mental ability.
3. A person or people with such skill or ability.
4. colloq
Attractive members of the opposite sex as a group.
5. historical
A measure of weight and unit of currency used eg by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Derivative: talented
adj

Having or showing talent
Thesaurus: gifted, accomplished, adept, adroit, capable, artistic, skilled, brilliant; Antonym: maladroit, inept.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon talente, from Latin talentum, from Greek talanton sum of money.