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

Many accomplished players carrying such clauses, however, are open to waiving the power if a team expresses a desire to move on. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Simón owes his international success to his stellar results and to his tight bond with De La Fuente, who has largely resisted calls to give more playing time to his goalkeeping options with more accomplished club careers. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Verb

The goals that actually get accomplished are the ones where the plan can adjust when something goes wrong. — Desiree’ Stapleton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

SpaceX has accomplished part of this with Falcon 9, launching to orbit 165 times last year and accounting for > 90% of all upmass globally. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 July 2026