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adept

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of adept

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
  • He's an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him.
Synonyms of adept

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

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
Near Antonyms of adept

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
Antonyms of adept

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

Synonym Discussion of adept

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

adept

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of adept

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
  • He's an adept at political intrigue and power politics.
Synonyms of adept

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

pro, professional

consultant, hired gun, specialist

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

craftsman, journeyman

jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man

mistress
Near Antonyms of adept

apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice

dabbler, dilettante

layman, nonprofessional
Antonyms of adept

amateur, inexpert, nonexpert

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