English dictionary

faculty

/'f/&/k/@/lt/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

noun.cognition

Synonyms mental faculty module

Source: WordNet 3.0
the body of teachers and administrators at a school

noun.group

Synonyms staff

Source: WordNet 3.0
Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, <i>faculties</i> of the mind or the soul.

noun

Source: webster1913