feat
An act that takes great skill, strength or courage.
feat in a sentence
- Carrying the piano up four flights of stairs was quite a feat for the two movers.
- Building the bridge across the wide river in a single summer was an amazing feat.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to feat?
- Adeed
- Bflop
- Cblunder
- Dfailure
Show the answer
A: deed. The other three mean the opposite of feat.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to feat?
- Adeed
- Bachievement
- Cfailure
- Dact
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C: failure. The other three mean nearly the same as feat.
Words that mean something similar
deed, act, achievement
Words that mean the opposite
failure, flop, blunder
More words about movement & action
- flail: To wave your arms and legs about wildly.
- flee: To run away from danger.
- fleet: Fast and nimble in movement.
- flinch: To make a small, sudden movement because of pain, fear or surprise.
- forage: To search for food in the wild.
- frolic: To play and jump about happily.
- fumble: To handle something clumsily or keep dropping it.
- gingerly: Very carefully and gently, so that nothing goes wrong.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test