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competent
adjective as in able
Weak matches
adapted, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, clever, complete, crisp, dynamite, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, satisfactory, savvy, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked
Example Sentences
The competent liars are still out there, and their debt is probably in your bond fund right now.
And no team is winning a title without a competent kicker.
The Bonis piece I had never heard, and the delightful Saint-Saëns concerto I am not competent to judge.
All these competent quarterbacks mean when the playoffs begin in two weeks, no game is necessarily over because they are capable of running a two-minute drill to perfection and turning defeat into victory.
They appoint loyalists over competent officials, undermine courts, and turn citizens against one another.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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