Skillful — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Skillful (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. accomplished with trained ability

   "the ice skater performed a skillful and graceful series of jumps"

   similar: adroit, artful, bravura, deft, delicate, dexterous, expert, masterful, masterly, practiced, virtuoso, workmanlike
   related: facile, smooth, artistic, creative, fancy, ingenious, neat, adept, clever, cunning, able, adequate, capable, competent
   opposite: amateur, amateurish, artless, rude, unprofessional, unskillful
   near: awkward, clumsy, crude, klutzy, ineffective, ineffectual, incompetent, inept

2. having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

   "performance testing of automobiles that should be done only by skillful drivers on a closed course"

   similar: accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced, professed, proficient, skilled, versed, veteran, virtuoso
   related: adroit, clever, deft, dexterous, handy, slick, sure-handed, gifted, talented, polished, refined, effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike, able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored, all-around, well-rounded, long-term, old, multiskilled, multitalented
   opposite: amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful
   near: incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak, artless, crude, rude, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, talentless, ungifted, untalented, ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored, beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be, primitive, rough, unpolished, awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed