| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | super, first-rate |
Synonyms: |
able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first-class, handpicked, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented |
Antonyms: |
bad, inferior, poor |
| Main Entry: | experienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, knowing |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | proficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skilled |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, apt, capable, clever, competent, consummate, conversant, crack*, crackerjack*, drilled, effective, effectual, efficient, exercised, experienced, expert, finished, gifted, on the beam, phenom, pro, qualified, savvy*, sharp, skillful, slick*, talented, trained, up to speed, versed, whiz*, with it |
Antonyms: |
clumsy, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled |
| Main Entry: | qualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skillful |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, adequate, all around, au fait, capable, catechized, certified, competent, disciplined, efficient, equipped, examined, experienced, expert, fit, fitted, good, instructed, knowledgeable, licensed, practiced, pro*, proficient, proper, proved, quizzed, talented, tested, trained, tried, up to snuff, up to speed, vet, veteran, war-horse, wicked |
Antonyms: |
incapable, unable, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, untalented |
| Main Entry: | seasoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adept, battle-scarred, been around, been there, competent, expert, familiar, hardened, instructed, knowledgeable, matured, old hand, practiced, prepared, pro, professional, qualified, skillful, tested, toughened, trained, tried, vet, veteran, weathered, wise, worldly, worldly wise |
| Main Entry: | skillful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, talented |
Synonyms: |
a hand at, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, brainy, clever, competent, cool*, crack*, crackerjack*, dexterous, experienced, expert, good, handy, into*, learned, old*, on the ball, practical, practiced, prepared, pretty, primed, pro*, professional, proficient, quick, ready, really into, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, skilled, smart, smooth, there, trained, tuned in, versant, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, whiz, wicked*, wised up |
Antonyms: |
green, ignorant, incapable, incapacitated, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, unskillful, untalented |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, friendly |
Synonyms: |
amenable, appreciative, approving, companionable, compatible, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, cool, down, encouraging, favorably disposed, having a heart, in sympathy with, like-minded, on same wavelength, open, open-minded, pro*, receptive, responsive, simpatico, tuned in, vicarious, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool, disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, seasoned |
Synonyms: |
adept, battle-scarred, been around, disciplined, exercised, expert, from way back, hardened, inured, knows one's stuff, long-serving, long-time, not born yesterday, of the old school, old, old-time, practical, practiced, pro*, proficient, skilled, sophisticated, steady, trained, up to speed, versed, vet, weathered, wise, wise to ways, worldly |
Antonyms: |
amateur, green, inexperienced |