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skillful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of skillful

1 accomplished with trained ability

the ice skater performed a skillful and graceful series of jumps

Synonyms of skillful

adroit, artful, bravura, deft, delicate, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), virtuoso, workmanlike

Words Related to skillful

artistic, creative, fancy, ingenious, neat

adept, clever, cunning

able, adequate, capable, competent

Near Antonyms of skillful

awkward, clumsy, crude, klutzy

ineffective, ineffectual

incompetent, inept

Antonyms of skillful

amateur, amateurish, artless, rude, unprofessional, unskillful

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

performance testing of automobiles that should be done only by skillful drivers on a closed course

Synonyms of skillful

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

Words Related to skillful

adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed

gifted, talented

polished, refined

effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike

able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified

educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored

all-around (also all-round), well-rounded

multiskilled, multitalented

Near Antonyms of skillful

incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, 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, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed

Antonyms of skillful

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

Synonym Discussion of skillful

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

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