specialty

/ˈspɛʃəlti/

/ˈspɛʃɪlti/

Other forms: specialties

A specialty is someone's strong suit or area of expertise. A restaurant’s best dish would be its specialty. If you love baking muffins, make that your specialty.

Magic Johnson was a great overall basketball player, but his specialty was passing the ball to teammates and getting assists. A specialty is a skill, strength, or asset someone has because of hard work. A doctor can have a specialty such as cardiology. A restaurant will usually have a specialty, which is a unique meal they're known for making. Just like special things have something unique or great about them, specialties are something a person or place does well.

Definitions of specialty

1. noun

   an asset of special worth or utility
   synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, speciality, strength, strong point, strong suit

   types:

   green fingers, green thumb

   a special ability to make plants grow

   type of:

   asset, plus

   a useful or valuable quality
2. noun

   the special line of work you have adopted as your career
   synonyms: specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialization

   type of:

   calling, career, vocation

   the particular occupation for which you are trained
3. noun

   a distinguishing trait
   synonyms: distinctiveness, peculiarity, speciality, specialness

   types:

   foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism

   a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character

   type of:

   individualism, individuality, individuation

   the quality of being individual