Entry Word: proficient

Function: adjective

Meaning: having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor <she is quite proficient at computer repair> <a proficient rendition of a difficult piano piece>

Synonyms accomplished, ace, adept, consummate, crack, crackerjack, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (or practised), skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso

Related Words adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy; gifted, talented; experienced, polished, refined; effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike; able, capable, competent, fit, qualified; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored; all-around (also all-round), well-rounded; long-term, old

Near Antonyms incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unqualified; artless, crude, rude; ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient; ungifted, untalented; ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, untested, untried; rough, unpolished

Antonyms amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, unexperienced, unpracticed, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful