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Definitions for Faculty

[1] an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
[2] one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
[3] an inherent capability of the body: the faculties of sight and hearing.
[4] exceptional ability or aptitude: a president with a faculty for management.
[5] Education . the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school. one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university. the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments.
[6] the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty.
[7] a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc.: The police were given the faculty to search the building.
[8] Ecclesiastical . a dispensation, license, or authorization.
[9] one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
[10] any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
[11] a conferred power or right
[12] a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge the staff of such a department mainly US and Canadian all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
[13] all members of a learned profession
[14] archaic occupation

Words related to Faculty

institute, department, university, personnel, staff, dexterity, bent, adroitness, facility, intelligence, peculiarity, aptitude, sense, cleverness, quality, strength, capacity, genius, propensity, pistol

Words nearby Faculty

facultative, facultative anaerobe, facultative apomict, facultative hyperopia, facultative parasite, faculty, faculty of advocates, fad, fadden, faddish, faddist

Origin of Faculty

1350–1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin facultāt- (stem of facultās ) ability, power, equivalent to facil(is ) easy (see facile) + -tāt- -ty2; cf. facility

Other words from Faculty

in·ter·fac·ul·ty , noun, plural in·ter·fac·ul·ties, adjective
pro·fac·ul·ty , adjective
un·der·fac·ul·ty , noun, plural un·der·fac·ul·ties.

Word origin for Faculty

C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin facultās capability; related to Latin facilis easy

Synonyms for Faculty

adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, leaning, nose, peculiarity, penchant, pistol, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, sense, strength, talent, turn, wits, knowing way around, right stuff, what it takes