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

Nearly all of those 80 teams had a wing player who was either a prolific scorer, an in-his-prime All-Star, an accomplished floor general or a skilled shot creator/late-game assassin. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Kennedy is among the most accomplished and successful producers in Hollywood with more than 100 credits on her resumé dating back to the early 1980s. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

Verb

The film, directed by Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, shows how Morrison overcame multiple tragedies to achieve the unthinkable – scaling the north side of Mount Everest and then skiing down it, a feat never before accomplished. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026

Remarkably, he’s accomplished this feat while using a 400-pound power wheelchair — navigating not just the globe but formidable accessibility barriers. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026