Synonyms of accomplished

accomplished 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈkäm-plisht 

1

as in cultured

having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living

a year as an exchange student in Europe had transformed the tomboy into an accomplished young woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultured
• civilized
• polished
• cultivated
• educated
• refined
• polite
• civil
• sophisticated
• literate
• scholarly
• learned
• cerebral
• genteel
• knowledgeable
• intellectual
• couth
• cosmopolitan
• erudite
• courteous
• highbrow
• highbrowed
• intellectualistic
• well-bred
• well-read
• high-toned
• intellectualist
• urbane
• mannerly
• overcivilized
• oversophisticated
• hypercivilized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignorant
• barbarous
• uncivilized
• unpolished
• barbaric
• uneducated
• illiterate
• uncultured
• unrefined
• coarse
• unlettered
• unintelligent
• lowbrow
• ungenteel
• rustic
• provincial
• unsophisticated
• philistine
• inelegant
• crude
• backwoods
• churlish
• uncouth
• vulgar
• clownish
• boorish
• polyester
• ill-mannered
• ill-bred
• cloddish

2

as in skilled

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

an accomplished performance of a difficult violin concerto

a delicate eye operation that only the most accomplished surgeon would attempt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skilled
• adept
• skillful
• experienced
• proficient
• expert
• practiced
• good
• great
• talented
• educated
• gifted
• professed
• veteran
• complete
• virtuoso
• masterful
• master
• consummate
• masterly
• capable
• versed
• ace
• crackerjack
• trained
• crack
• competent
• qualified
• employable
• compleat
• efficient
• taught
• effective
• polished
• adroit
• clever
• able
• dexterous
• deft
• handy
• refined
• old
• slick
• workmanlike
• fitted
• knowledgeable
• effectual
• schooled
• fit
• sure-handed
• well-rounded
• multitalented
• long-term
• tutored
• all-around
• multiskilled
• habile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in positive

not capable of being challenged or proved wrong

it is an accomplished fact that 10th century Norsemen established settlements in Newfoundland

Synonyms & Similar Words

• positive
• undeniable
• indisputable
• unquestionable
• conclusive
• definite
• irrefutable
• incontestable
• certain
• sure
• incontrovertible
• indubitable
• unarguable
• unanswerable
• inarguable
• irrefragable
• unchallengeable
• unambiguous
• absolute
• unequivocal
• decisive
• clear
• undisputed
• unquestioned
• uncontradicted
• uncontested
• hands-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• problematic
• questionable
• arguable
• answerable
• negotiable
• debatable
• moot
• controversial
• disputable
• disputed
• doubtful
• uncertain
• contradictable
• ambiguous
• dubious
• refutable
• controvertible
• inconclusive
• debated
• doubtable
• theoretical
• indecisive
• academic
• equivocal
• hypothetical
• speculative
• iffy

accomplished

2 of 2

verb

past tense of accomplish

as in achieved

to carry through (as a process) to completion

you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achieved
• fulfilled
• performed
• executed
• did
• made
• implemented
• committed
• carried out
• completed
• prosecuted
• perpetrated
• negotiated
• realized
• finished
• carried off
• went through
• pulled off
• effected
• brought off
• attained
• put through
• practiced
• brought about
• compassed
• followed through (with)
• worked (at)
• effectuated
• repeated
• engaged (in)
• nailed
• ended
• aced
• actualized
• reenacted
• wound up
• reduplicated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accomplished

Adjective

An accomplished rock climber who set a speed record on one of Yosemite's famed El Capitan routes recently died in an accident in California's Sierra Nevada. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Ahead, see Elliott’s accomplished life in photos, from his early days in the industry to his current role in Landman. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Verb

Astronomical instruments require calibration before use, and this is accomplished by targeting a familiar object in the sky and tuning the instruments to how that object should appear. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Nichols was inspired by what Richard Linklater had accomplished with the Austin Film Society and its impact on the local film scene in Austin, Texas, where Nichols resides. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026