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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

Example Sentences

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Far better to get good at whatever you do and then diversify that bigger paycheck into the market.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Ms. Musgraves has a limited voice in terms of technical ability, but she’s good at calibrating her phrasing to match a song’s mood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

"She was good at reminding me to look after myself too and not just get lost in the other person's needs."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

It was also foreshadowing for the young professionals in the audience who had not yet learned that being good at your job, or even great, wasn’t enough to keep it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

LaVerne said that Boomer was smart and good at sports—but not stuck up about it—and friendly, and two or three other normal things.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson