English

Adjective

Sense: possessing skill

Synonyms

• able
• artful
• habile
• accomplished
• adept
• adroit
• apt
• capable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• competent
• consummate
• conversant
• crack
• crafty
• deft
• dexterous
• expert
• facile
• fluent
• gain
• handy
• maestrolike
• masterful
• masterlike
• masterly
• masterous (obsolete)
• professional
• proficient
• qualified
• quick
• ready
• skilled
• skillful    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thoroughbred
• tight    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• practiced
• versed

Antonyms

• amateurish
• bungling
• clumsy
• inapt
• incapable
• incompetent
• inept
• inexpert
• maladroit
• unable
• unprofessional
• unqualified
• unskilled    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unskillful

Coordinate terms

• low-skilled
• semiskilled
• semi-skilled

Various

• knowledgeable

See also

Further reading