expert

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Near Antonyms

incapable, incompetent, inept, 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, heavy-handed;

Related Words

adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed;

gifted, talented;

polished, refined;

effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike;

able, capable, competent, fit, fitted, qualified;

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored;

all-around (also all-round), well-rounded;

multiskilled, multitalented;

Synonyms

ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven (also mavin), past master, scholar, shark, virtuoso, whiz, wizard;

Antonyms

amateur, inexpert, nonexpert;

Near Antonyms

apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice;

dabbler, dilettante;

layman, nonprofessional;

Related Words

pro, professional;

consultant, hired gun, specialist;

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan;

craftsman, journeyman;

jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man;

mistress;