Meaning & use

knack

noun·Everyday

A natural talent or acquired skill for doing something well, especially something tricky.

See it in a sentence

She has a real knack for calming down upset customers.

It took a while, but he finally got the knack of parallel parking.

A note on using this word

Knack usually appears in the phrase have a knack for, describing an intuitive skill rather than one learned through formal study.

Words with a similar meaning

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