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responsible
Based on or characterized by good judgment or sound thinking:
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  1. Based on or characterized by good judgment or sound thinking:
  2. Able to be trusted or depended upon; trustworthy or reliable:
  3. Required to render account; answerable:
fit
(Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment
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  1. (Biology) Able to survive and produce viable offspring in a particular environment
  2. Appropriate; proper:
  3. Physically sound; healthy:
qualified
Limited; modified
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  1. Limited; modified
  2. Restricted or limited by conditions.
  3. Having the necessary or desirable qualities; fit; competent
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
sufficient
(Archaic) Competent; qualified.
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  1. (Archaic) Competent; qualified.
  2. Competent; well-qualified; able
  3. As much as is needed; equal to what is specified or required; enough
satisfactory
Good enough to fulfill a need, wish, requirement, etc.; satisfying or adequate
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  1. Good enough to fulfill a need, wish, requirement, etc.; satisfying or adequate
  2. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
  3. Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate.
acceptable
Satisfactory but not superior; passable:
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  1. Satisfactory but not superior; passable:
  2. Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory:
  3. Worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate
accountable
Capable of being accounted for; explainable
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  1. Capable of being accounted for; explainable
  2. Capable of being explained:
  3. Obliged to account for one's acts; responsible
sane
Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
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  1. Having a normal, healthy mind; able to make sound, rational judgments
  2. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.
  3. Showing good sense; sensible
able
Having much power of mind; skilled; talented
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  1. Having much power of mind; skilled; talented
  2. Having enough power, skill, etc. to do something
  3. (Usage Problem) Susceptible to action or treatment:
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 capacity or ability; efficient and able:
good
Able; skilled; expert
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  1. Able; skilled; expert
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Able to elicit a specified reaction:
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. Possessing or exercising skill; expert.
  3. Having or showing skill; accomplished; expert
adequate
Barely satisfactory; acceptable but not remarkable
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  1. Barely satisfactory; acceptable but not remarkable
  2. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.
  3. Enough or good enough for what is required or needed; sufficient; suitable
comfortable
Providing physical comfort:
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  1. Providing physical comfort:
  2. Producing feelings of ease or security:
  3. Sufficient to provide financial security:
decent
Showing thoughtfulness or consideration:
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  1. Showing thoughtfulness or consideration:
  2. Reasonably good; adequate
  3. (--- Informal) Properly or modestly dressed:
enough
As much or as many as necessary, desirable, or tolerable; sufficient
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  1. As much or as many as necessary, desirable, or tolerable; sufficient
  2. Sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate:
satisfactory
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
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  1. Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient
  2. Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate.
  3. Good enough to fulfill a need, wish, requirement, etc.; satisfying or adequate
sufficient
(Archaic) Competent; qualified.
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  1. (Archaic) Competent; qualified.
  2. Competent; well-qualified; able
  3. Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough.
Find another word for competent. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for competent, like: responsible, fit, qualified, skilled, sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable, accountable, duly constituted, sane and of sound mind .

Sentence Examples

  • His capabilities as a soldier have been generally recognized by competent authorities.

  • A French tribunal alone is competent to settle disputes where one of the parties is not a native.

  • No careful and competent student of his works has ever failed to correct this gross misapprehension.

  • A competent, methodical assassin, she didn't make the mistake of trying to collect from someone not on the list.

  • As to judgment debts, it is sufficient to say that, when by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction an order is made that a sum of money be paid by one of two parties to another, such a debt is not only enforceable by process of court, but it can be sued upon as if it were an ordinary debt.

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