Synonyms of practiced

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adjective

ˈprak-təst 

variants also practised

1

as in skilled

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

a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in virtuoso

accomplished with trained ability

a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• virtuoso
• skillful
• expert
• smooth
• masterful
• artistic
• delicate
• adroit
• masterly
• workmanlike
• artful
• dexterous
• deft
• adept
• bravura
• creative
• able
• capable
• adequate
• competent
• clever
• cunning
• fancy
• ingenious
• neat
• facile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• crude
• rude
• amateurish
• artless
• ineffective
• unprofessional
• awkward
• clumsy
• unskillful
• ineffectual
• incompetent
• inept
• klutzy

practiced

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verb

variants also practised

past tense of practice

as in exercised

to do over and over so as to become skilled

in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exercised
• repeated
• studied
• refined
• ran over
• perfected
• drilled
• rehearsed
• prepared (for)
• pointed (for)
• reviewed
• worked (at or on)
• trained (with)
• grooved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of practiced

Adjective

Like a practiced preacher, Jim is slowly, methodically leading his congregation—speaking cryptically but with conviction as the music begins to swell. — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026

For her fourth consecutive year as host, the comedian proved herself a practiced hand by delivering on this promise. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026

Verb

Communism’s pure economic theory is now rarely practiced anywhere — even if ruthless leaders in hybrid capitalist economies like China and Russia have retained the authoritarian iron fists of their predecessors. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Her older sister Vanessa played college golf, and during a family visit to Lebanon in 2016, the sisters practiced at the country’s lone golf course where people noticed. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026