Synonyms of talented

talented

adjective

as in gifted

having a special ability to do something well; having talent

a highly talented athlete

As a writer, she is enormously talented.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• untalented
• incompetent
• unable
• weak
• incapable
• unqualified
• inept
• unfit
• talentless
• ungifted
• inefficient
• unfitted
• ineffective
• ineffectual
• inexperienced
• unskilled
• amateur
• clumsy
• awkward
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• inexpert
• unseasoned
• unskillful
• heavy-handed
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• jackleg

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of talented

Riley has a talented veteran QB (Jayden Maiava), a strong O-line and now mad scientist Gary Patterson as defensive coordinator. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

That leaves one primary outside-receiver position available to several talented players. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

There are talented and credible people working on this city-altering project like co-founder Jim Schnorf and Barry Larkin, the Hall of Fame baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Reds. — Bradley D. Blum, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Tight ends tend to also be a pivotal component in recent years and could be a good balance point to take some defensive attention off those talented receivers. — Andre C. Fernandez, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

The talented country singer is also one week out of tying the number two spot overall. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Both lines are talented and will help set the tone in the NSC. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Emmanuel Pullins, Notre Dame, wide receiver, junior There is a huge upside to this talented 2028 class of players, led by Pullins. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026