skilled

skilled

adjective \ˈskild\

Definition of SKILLED

1

: having acquired mastery of or skill in something (as a technique or a trade) <skilled in the art of negotiation>

2

: of, relating to, or requiring workers or labor with skill and training in a particular occupation, craft, or trade

Examples of SKILLED

1. a very skilled and talented writer
2. He is skilled at cooking.
3. Carpentry is a skilled trade.

First Known Use of SKILLED

1552

Related to SKILLED

Synonyms

accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, proficient, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso

Antonyms

amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

Related Words

adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed; gifted, talented; polished, refined; effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike; able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored; all-around (also all-round), well-rounded; long-term, old; multiskilled, multitalented

Near Antonyms

incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak; artless, crude, rude; ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient; talentless, ungifted, untalented; ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be; primitive, rough, unpolished; awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed

See Synonym Discussion at proficient

Other Business Terms

amortize, caveat emptor, clearinghouse, divest, due diligence, emolument, green-collar, marque, overhead, perquisite

Rhymes with SKILLED

build, dilled, gild, gilled, guild, twilled, willed