Command
Command noun - A highly developed skill in or knowledge of something.
Usage example: a command of French that is the result of a year spent in France as an exchange student
Incompetence is an antonym for command.
Incompetence
Incompetence noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.
Command is an antonym for incompetence.
Nearby Words: incompetent, incompetently
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Clearly someone in the chain of command think's she's the best; despite her age and un-retirted status she's offered the head of the department again once it's realized that in addition to incompetence, her current boss is likely an embezzler.
Source: Department of Child Disservices
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Incompetence and Command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/incompetence
Command & Incompetence. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/incompetence>.
Incompetence or Command. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/incompetence.
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