skilled
Anyone skilled has special abilities. A skilled mechanic from the future might build a flying car. Then a skilled rapper can write a cool song about it.
A skill is a well-earned talent, like being able to ride a bike, write a script, or spin a basketball on your finger. If you have skills, you're skilled! Congratulations. Being skilled in something usually requires practice. A skilled politician wins elections. A skilled hitter in baseball has a high batting average. A highly skilled job is one that requires special training. The opposite of skilled is unskilled, which would apply to someone without a particular talent.
Definitions of skilled
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having or showing or requiring special skill“only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team”“a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience”“a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow”“a skilled trade”
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Synonyms:
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competent
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
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experienced, experient
having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
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accomplished, complete
highly skilled
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adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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arch
expert in skulduggery
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ball-hawking
used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
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consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
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delicate
marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
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hot
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
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mean
excellent
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sure-handed
proficient and confident in performance
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expert, technical
of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
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versatile
competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
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Antonyms:
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unskilled
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
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incompetent
not qualified or suited for a purpose
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inexperienced, inexperient
lacking practical experience or training
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artless
showing lack of art
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botchy, butcherly, unskillful
poorly done
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botched, bungled
spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
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bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
showing lack of skill or aptitude
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crude, rough
not carefully or expertly made
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hopeless
of a person unable to do something skillfully
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humble, lowly, menial
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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lubberly
clumsy and unskilled
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out of practice, rusty
impaired in skill by neglect
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semiskilled
possessing or requiring limited skills
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weak
deficient or lacking in some skill
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competent
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