Definition of SKILLED

Examples of skilled in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of skilled from the Web

With their skilled players, chaos is the Penguins' best friend.

— kevin allen, USA TODAY, "Don't waste your breath: Penguins know pivotal Game 4 is about execution", 4 June 2017
Israeli contractors pay on time, unlike Palestinian counterparts in the West Bank, said Maraita, who earns about four times the West Bank wage for a skilled laborer.

— mohammed daraghmeh, The Seattle Times, "50 years on, Israel keeps tight grip on Palestinian economy", 3 June 2017
The Panthers are loaded with young, skilled, offensive-minded defensemen such as Aaron Ekblad and Mike Matheson, with Ian McCoshen and MacKenzie Weegar expected to be in the top-six next season.

— harvey fialkov, Sun-Sentinel.com, "University of Denver's Montgomery withdraws from Panthers' coach job search, report says", 2 June 2017
The event was part of the global Repair Café movement, which brings together handy volunteers and their less-skilled neighbors who are saddled with damaged toasters and lamps, as well as clothes that would benefit from a needle and thread.

— lonnie shekhtman, The Christian Science Monitor, "An alternative to junking that broken appliance", 31 May 2017
This year’s Finals features a handful of the most skilled players in basketball history, each of whom plays at a genius’s remove, their relationship to the court akin to that between generals and battlefields or chess grandmasters and boards.

— robert o'connell, The Atlantic, "The Unpredictable Draymond Green", 31 May 2017
Storm Lake, with a population of roughly 11,000, is in no way immune to the strains and tensions that an influx of poor, low-skilled and non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees can bring.

— patricia cohen, New York Times, "Immigrants Keep an Iowa Meatpacking Town Alive and Growing", 29 May 2017
Challenges include a shortage of skilled workers, as well as concern that Thailand is prone to harmful episodes of political volatility.

— jeanette rodrigues, Bloomberg.com, "Thailand to Take on Singapore With $5.7 Billion Airport Overhaul", 28 May 2017
As a result, the defense department too often works with legacy vendors skilled in winning its contracts.

— jessi hempel, Wired News, "US Defense Secretary: Snowden Caused Tensions With Techies", 29 Apr. 2015

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First Known Use of skilled

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skilled Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of skilled

proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expert mean having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession. proficient implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice. proficient in translating foreign languages adept implies special aptitude as well as proficiency. adept at doing long division skilled stresses mastery of technique. a skilled surgeon skillful implies individual dexterity in execution or performance. skillful drivers expert implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well as technical skill. expert in the evaluation of wines

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