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social skills

social skills noun: the personal skills needed for successful social communication and interaction.

Noun

social skills pl (normally plural, singular social skill)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The personal skills needed for successful social communication and interaction.
    • Near-synonyms: social graces, soft skills, people skills
    • Interviews with families highlighted the lack of accessible and supportive social environments and concerns about insufficient social skills training, even though both children and parents desired social contact.2025 August 13, Müjdat Erarkadaş, Kübra Özmeral Erarkadaş, Şahika Gülen Şişmanlar, “Autism Spectrum Disorder Beyond Childhood: A Comprehensive Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Social...

Synonyms of social skills

Forms of social skills

singularsocial skill

Questions about social skills

What does social skills mean?
Social skills means the personal skills needed for successful social communication and interaction.
What part of speech is social skills?
Social skills is a noun.

Words near social skills in the dictionary

  1. social security
  2. social security number
  3. social security numbers
  4. social services
  5. social sharing
  6. social skills
  7. social smoker
  8. social smokers
  9. social spam
  10. social spams
  11. social spending

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