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| Main Entry: | masterful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expert, skilled |
| Synonyms: | adept, adroit, clever, consummate, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, excellent, exquisite, fine, finished, first-rate, master, masterly, preeminent, proficient, skillful, superior, superlative, supreme, transcendent |
| Notes: | masterful can mean dominating, domineering, imperious, and imposing; masterly can describe having the skills of a master and means adroit and expert |
| Antonyms: | amateurish, ignorant, stupid, unskilled, unproficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | adept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, ace*, adroit, brainy, capable, clean*, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, expert, hot*, hotshot, know stuff, masterful, masterly, no dummy, no slouch, nobody's fool, on the ball*, on the beam, practiced, proficient, quick, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack, skilled, skillful, slick, smooth, there, up to speed, versed, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, incompetent, inept, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very able or skilled |
| Synonyms: | adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball*, proficient, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up*, whiz*, wizard, hot tamale, on the beam, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magisterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | autocratic, domineering, egotistic, imperious, masterful, pompous |
| Main Entry: | masterly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior |
| Synonyms: | consummate, excellent, masterful, proficient, skillful, superb |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective4 |
| Definition: | well executed |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, excellent, flawless, impeccable, masterful, masterly, skilled, skillful |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform well; having a proven capacity |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it* |
| Antonyms: | delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | bold, brassy*, cheeky*, cocky*, come on*, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy*, pushing, pushy, sassy, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous, assertory, get up and go, go after, shooting from the hip, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cunning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginative |
| Synonyms: | able, adroit, canny, clever, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, skillful, sly, smart, smooth, subtle, slighty, well-laid, well-planned |
| Antonyms: | unimaginative, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
gain, a good hand at, able, accomplished, adroit, affabrous, alive to, ambidextral, ambidextrous, apt, artistic, at home in, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conversant, crack, cunning, cut out for, dab, daedalian, dedal, deft, dexterous, discreet, efficient, endowed, experienced, expert, fabrile, felicitous, fine, fit for, fitted, fitted for, gifted, good at, habile, hackneyed, hand, in practice, in proper cue, ingenious, initiated, inventive, master of, masterful, masterly, neat, practiced, prepared, primed, proficient, qualified, quick, ready, scientific, sharp, shipshape, shrewd, skilled, skillful, smart, statesmanlike, surefooted, talented, technical, thoroughbred, trained, up in, up to, up to snuff, up to the mark, well up in, workmanlike
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