- talent
- nounADJECTIVE▪ amazing, considerable, enormous, extraordinary, formidable, genuine, great, immense, incredible, major, obvious, outstanding, prodigious, real, remarkable, tremendous, true, undoubted (esp. BrE)▪ exceptional, rare, special, unique▪ God-given, inborn, innate, natural, raw▪
Hard work is important, but it is no substitute for raw talent.
▪ individual▪ hidden, undiscovered▪ mediocre▪ fresh, new▪The company is always looking out for new talent.
▪ young▪ precocious▪ home-grown, local▪one of the few teams that relies on home-grown talent
▪ best, top▪We are losing our top talent to other countries who pay more.
▪ acting, artistic, athletic (esp. AmE), creative, literary, managerial, musical, scientific, sporting (BrE), vocal, writingVERB + TALENT▪ have, possess▪The boy has undoubted talent.
▪ lack▪ demonstrate, display, reveal, show, showcase▪ put to use▪He has been putting his artistic talents to good use.
▪ show off▪The banquet gave the chef a chance to show off his talents.
▪ direct, turn▪After making her name as a singer, she turned her talents to acting.
▪ discover, find, recognize, see, spot, unearth (esp. BrE)▪She has a keen eye for spotting talent.
▪United have unearthed a real talent in this young defender.
▪ attract, bring in▪The festival attracts talent from all over the world.
▪ build on, cultivate, develop, harness, make the most of, nurture, realize, tap, use, utilize▪an effort to develop his creative talents to the full
▪ squander, waste▪His parents accused him of wasting his talents and abilities.
▪ take▪It takes real talent to write a great pop song.
TALENT + VERB▪ lie▪Her talents lay in organization.
▪ come from▪Where does her musical talent come from?
▪ come through▪There is a shortage of new comedy talent coming through.
TALENT + NOUN▪ agent, scout, spotter▪ agency▪ competition, contest, show▪ pool▪ level (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ of talent▪He is a violinist of exceptional talent.
▪ with talent, without talent▪kids with musical talent
▪ talent for▪You have a natural talent for storytelling.
PHRASES▪ a man, woman, etc. of many talents, a pool of talent▪Hollywood directors have an amazing pool of acting talent to draw from.
▪ a wealth of talent▪There is a wealth of talent out there in our schools.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
