faculty
1. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind (Freq. 4) • Syn: mental faculty, module • Hypernyms: ability, power • Hyponyms: attention, language, speech, memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, reason, understanding, intellect, sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty, volition, will 2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school (Freq. 3) - the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university • Syn: staff • Derivationally related forms: staff (for: staff) • Hypernyms: body • Member Holonyms: school • Member Meronyms: professor, prof
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