FACULTY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
   Synonym(s)
   • mental faculty (what does mental faculty mean?)
   • module (what does module mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) faculty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ability (what does ability mean?)
   • power (what does power mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • attention (what does attention mean?)
   • language (what does language mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • memory (what does memory mean?)
   • retention (what does retention mean?)
   • retentiveness (what does retentiveness mean?)
   • reason (what does reason mean?)
   • understanding (what does understanding mean?)
   • intellect (what does intellect mean?)
   • sense (what does sense mean?)
   • sensation (what does sensation mean?)
   • sentience (what does sentience mean?)
   • sentiency (what does sentiency mean?)
   • sensory faculty (what does sensory faculty mean?)
   • volition (what does volition mean?)
   • will (what does will mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the body of teachers and administrators at a school
   Synonym(s)
   • staff (what does staff mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
   Hypernyms(s) faculty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body (what does body mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • staff (what does staff mean?)
   • staff (what does staff mean?)