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skilled
Having skill; skillful
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  1. Having skill; skillful
  2. Having or showing skill; expert.
  3. Having or requiring an ability, as in a particular industrial occupation, gained by special experience or training
skillful
Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill:
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  1. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill:
  2. Possessing or exercising skill; expert.
  3. Having or showing skill; accomplished; expert
proficient
Highly competent; skilled; adept
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  1. Highly competent; skilled; adept
  2. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.
capable
Permitting an action to be performed:
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  1. Permitting an action to be performed:
  2. Having the ability required for a specific task or accomplishment; qualified:
  3. Having the inclination or disposition:
crack
Designating or of cocaine in this form
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  1. Designating or of cocaine in this form
  2. Excelling in skill or achievement; first-rate:
expert
Of or from an expert
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  1. Of or from an expert
  2. Having, involving, or demonstrating skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
  3. Very skillful; having much training and knowledge in some special field
master
Designating the largest bedroom in a residence, intended for use by the head of the household
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  1. Designating the largest bedroom in a residence, intended for use by the head of the household
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master.
  3. Highly skilled or proficient:
masterful
Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering.
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  1. Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering.
  2. Acting or capable of acting as a master or leader, especially in being domineering or imperious:
  3. Having or showing the ability of a master; expert; skillful; masterly
masterly
Having or showing the knowledge or skill of a master.
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  1. Having or showing the knowledge or skill of a master.
  2. Showing the ability or skill of a master; expert
professional
Performed by persons receiving pay:
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  1. Performed by persons receiving pay:
  2. Engaged in by professional players
  3. Conforming to the standards of a profession:
proficient
Highly competent; skilled; adept
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  1. Highly competent; skilled; adept
  2. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.
skilled
Requiring specialized ability or training:
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  1. Requiring specialized ability or training:
  2. Having or showing skill; expert.
  3. Having or requiring an ability, as in a particular industrial occupation, gained by special experience or training
skillful
Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill:
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  1. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill:
  2. Having or showing skill; accomplished; expert
  3. Possessing or exercising skill; expert.
crackerjack
Of excellent quality or ability; fine.
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  1. Of excellent quality or ability; fine.
  2. (Slang) Outstanding, as in skill or ability; excellent
ace
The act of hitting a golf ball in the hole with one's first shot.
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  1. The act of hitting a golf ball in the hole with one's first shot.
  2. (Racket Sports, Handball) A score made by a serve that one's opponent fails to touch
  3. A serve that one's opponent fails to hit.
authority
One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
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  1. One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
  2. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
  3. An accepted source of expert information or advice:
dab hand
A person skilled in a particular activity; an expert:
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  1. A person skilled in a particular activity; an expert:
  2. (Brit., Informal) An expert
expert
A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
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  1. A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
  2. A person who is very skillful or highly trained and informed in some special field
  3. An individual of recognized knowledge in a particular topic, typically confirmed by academic standing and publications, who is called upon by one of the parties to testify in court as to his or her opinion of the underlying facts. Also referred to as expert witness. An individual of recognized knowledge in a particular topic, typically confirmed by academic standing and publications, who is called upon by one of the parties to testify in court as to his or her opinion of the underlying facts. Also referred to as expert witness.
master
Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions.
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  1. Used as a title for a man who serves as the head or presiding officer of certain societies, clubs, orders, or institutions.
  2. A person, esp. a man, who rules others or has control, authority, or power over something
  3. A special official appointed by a court to assist it, typically by making findings or rulings pertaining to matters specified by the court, typically, a “master” in divorce or custody, or a “master” to render an accounting; sometimes referred to as a “special master”.
past master
(Freemasonry) Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.
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  1. (Freemasonry) Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.
  2. Alternative form of past master.
  3. A person who formerly held the position of master, as in a lodge or club
professional
A person who engages in some art, sport, etc. for money, esp. as a means of livelihood, rather than as a hobby
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  1. A person who engages in some art, sport, etc. for money, esp. as a means of livelihood, rather than as a hobby
  2. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation:
  3. A skilled practitioner; an expert.
proficient
An expert
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  1. An expert
  2. A person who exhibits such competence; an expert.
wizard
A magician; conjurer; sorcerer
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  1. A magician; conjurer; sorcerer
  2. One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.
  3. (Informal) A person exceptionally gifted or clever at a specified activity
whiz
A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
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  1. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. A whizzing sound or movement
  3. (--- Informal) A person who is very quick, adroit, or skilled at something; expert
crackerjack
Cracker Jack
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  1. Cracker Jack
  2. (Slang) A person or thing of recognized excellence
dab
(US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
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  1. (US) A sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
  2. A small, soft or moist bit of something
  3. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda； a flounder.
Find another word for adept. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for adept, like: skilled, skillful, proficient, capable, able, crack, expert, master, masterful, masterly and professional.

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  • It's fine! answered Sidorov, who was considered an adept at French.

  • The French symbolists found an enthusiastic adept in Eugenio de Castro.

  • While Fred, and to a lesser extent Cynthia, had solved cryptograms in the newspaper, neither were particularly adept at it.

  • An adept will know by the ring of the pot on striking it with his knuckles whether water is wanted or not, according as it rings loud and clear or dull and heavy.

  • Before the English visit Voltaire had been an elegant trifler, an adept in the forms of literature popular in French society, a sort of superior Dorat or Boufflers of earlier growth.

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