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

Seoul, South Korea — The week before Close Your Eyes stepped onto the stage for their first-ever solo concert, the seven members moved in practiced formation across a basement rehearsal studio in Seoul’s Gangnam district. — Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026

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

Verb

Andrew, known to his men as Captain PK, well-practiced in the art of war, had been deployed to Afghanistan before. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

The veto was overridden, leading to a long period where daylight savings was practiced only in certain areas. — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2026