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proficient
adjective as in able, skilled
Strongest matches
accomplished, adept, apt, capable, competent, conversant, efficient, experienced, gifted, qualified, skillful, talented, trained, versed
Weak matches
clever, consummate, crack, crackerjack, drilled, effective, effectual, exercised, expert, finished, on the beam, phenom, pro, savvy, sharp, slick, up to speed, whiz, with it
Example Sentences
Their average exit velocity is third-worst, and they are especially proficient at banging the ball into the ground.
The trend was similar for math, with fewer students advanced or proficient overall.
“She spent like two weeks teaching me how to snowboard, and I became proficient enough to become a guide… We started guiding each other, and then running.”
Bodhana's dad Siva said "nobody at all" in his family was proficient at chess before his daughter took up the game.
Ben Nee-Nee and a determined Duncan Paia'aua were able to get two back for the hosts at Eden Park, but Scotland dominated all areas in a much more proficient and disciplined performance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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