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gifted

gifted

5 3.5
Having very strong natural ability, often in art, music, or school subjects
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡɪftɪd/
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  • The program is designed to support gifted children with exceptional abilities.
  • Gifted Children
  • Gifted students
  • Gifted Education

So, but you're also a really gifted, humble, kind human being.

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Examples

  • You guys are incredibly gifted, smart, talented leaders.

  • And then operationally, I felt like I was gifted in a way with operations.

  • God said, do you understand how gifted and talented you are?

  • We didn't know how to treat gifted students in those days.

  • Gifted students tend to get their work done quickly and may seek further assignments or direction.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Gifted individuals do not know what creates the drive, energy, or absolute necessity to act.

    Academic text (2008)
  • So, but you're also a really gifted, humble, kind human being.

  • It just so happens that I am good friends with the headmaster of the Oaks Academy for Gifted Education.

  • Many students at the academy are gifted in mathematics and science.

  • She is a gifted musician who plays the violin beautifully.

Synonyms

brilliant
vsgifted
949 3.7

Very clever and skilled at thinking or solving problems

emphasizes natural exceptional ability rather than mainly intelligence
talented
vsgifted
446 1.0

Naturally able to do something well

is rarer, meaning an exceptional level of natural ability
virtuosic
vsgifted
1 8.4

Showing very high skill in music or art

is broader, applying to exceptional natural ability beyond artistic skill

Antonyms

6 3.4

Not good at an activity

How Talented

brilliant
949 3.7
gifted
5 3.5
talented
446 1.0
skilled
172 3.5
competent
114 3.6

Surface Forms

gifted positive

Morphology

gifted = gift (transparent) = gift + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' to 'gift', yielding 'having a gift'.

Etymology

Gifted comes from the word gift plus the ending -ed, which once meant 'given'; a helpful image is a person who has been 'given' a talent. That's why gifted describes someone who naturally has a special ability.