Entry Word: competent

Function: adjective

Meaning: having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance <any competent mechanic should be able to fix that>

Synonyms able, capable, fit, good, qualified, suitable

Related Words accomplished, ace, adept, experienced, expert, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (or practised), proficient, seasoned, skilled, skillful, veteran; prepared, schooled, trained

Near Antonyms inexperienced, inexpert, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful; unprepared, unschooled, untrained; beginning, green, new, raw, untested, untried

Antonyms incompetent, inept, poor, unfit, unqualified