adept[adjective]Synonyms:- skilful, able, accomplished, adroit, expert, practised, proficient, skilled, versed
[noun]Synonyms:- expert, dab hand
(Brit. informal), genius, hotshot
(informal), master
Antonyms: bungler, incompetent, bungling, inapt, inept
Contrasted words: amateurish, dabbling, dilettantish, awkward, clumsy, maladroit
Related Words: clever,
adroit,
deft,
dexterous [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ad‧ept /ˈædept, əˈdept $ əˈdept/
adjective[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of adipisci 'to gain', from ad- 'to' + apisci 'to reach']
good at something that needs care and skill
Synonym : skilfuladept at
Melissa quickly became adept at predicting his moods.adept in Silas proved adept in the art of avoiding potholes in the road. I’m afraid she’s also an adept liar.—adept /ˈædept/
noun [countable]:
a form of kung fu practiced by only a handful of adepts—adeptly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲