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Another word for competent

competent Synonyms

competent

modif.

Capable
fit, qualified, skilled; see able 1, 2.
Adequate
sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable; see enough 1, fair 2.
Legally qualified
responsible, accountable, duly constituted, sane, of sound mind, compos mentis (Latin); see also sane 1. See syn. study at able.

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Another word for competent

adjective

Having the ability to perform well:
able, capable, good, skilled, skillful. See ability
Being what is needed without being in excess:
adequate, comfortable, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See excess

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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.
An accomplished man of letters, a competent critic of art, a linguist of rare perfection and charming in manner, but cynical and pleasureloving, he was certainly one of the chief diplomatic personages in the reign of the last of the tsars.
A competent, methodical assassin, she didn't make the mistake of trying to collect from someone not on the list.

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