METIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metier mean? 

• METIER (noun)
  The noun METIER has 2 senses:

1. an asset of special worth or utility

2. an occupation for which you are especially well suited

  Familiarity information: METIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An asset of special worth or utility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

forte; long suit; metier; speciality; specialty; strength; strong point; strong suit

Context example:

cooking is his forte

Hypernyms ("metier" is a kind of...):

asset; plus (a useful or valuable quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metier"):

green fingers; green thumb (a special ability to make plants grow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An occupation for which you are especially well suited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

medium; metier

Context example:

in law he found his true metier

Hypernyms ("metier" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

 Context examples 

But to run here and run there, to cross-question railway guards, and lie on my face with a lens to my eye—it is not my metier.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)