good at

ADJECTIVE

efficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active adept adequate capable competent decisive dynamic economical effective energetic potent powerful productive profitable skilled skillful tough useful valuable

WEAK

accomplished adapted apt businesslike clever conducive deft economic effectual efficacious equal to experienced expert familiar with fitted good for handy masterly organized practiced proficient qualified ready saving shrewd systematic talented virtuous well-organized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile idle impotent inactive inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inept lazy sluggish unable unskilled unskillful useless weak worthless

WEAK

helpless inefficient powerless

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Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

Just like surfing, if he put his mind to it, he’d get good at volleyball, but for now, football is the focus for him and his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

"We're very good at keeping secrets, as our name says. Everybody doesn't need to know everything."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The Russians are very good at capitalizing on people’s rage. And I was very angry.”

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Dr. Carroll is really good at what she does. I promise. Yeah, there’ll be a couple of pinches here and there, but it’ll all be over in a minute.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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