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Another word for proficient

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Adjective

  1. Having or demonstrating a high degree of knowledge or skill

    See also:

    ability

Noun

  1. A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field

    See also:

    ability

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Another word for proficient

Modifier
  1. See also:

    able

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Sentence Examples

  • The singer was also proficient in music keyboard skills.

  • She was a very proficient skier.

  • She is a proficient, graceful swimmer, and her devotion to technique is paramount.

  • He is a proficient pearl diver.

  • The renewal of interest in classical literature was shown in the prohibition of the study of sophistry by any scholar under the age of eighteen, unless he had been pronounced proficient in grammaticals.

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