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| Main Entry: | qualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skillful |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, adequate, au fait, capable, competent, efficient, equipped, examined, experienced, expert, fit, fitted, good, instructed, knowledgeable, licensed, practiced, pro*, proficient, proper, proved, talented, tested, trained, tried, veteran, wicked, all around, catechized, certified, disciplined, quizzed, up to snuff, up to speed, vet, war-horse |
| Antonyms: | incapable, unable, unqualified, unskilled, unproficient, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, restricted |
| Synonyms: | bounded, conditional, confined, contingent, definite, determined, equivocal, fixed, guarded, modified, partial, provisional, reserved, circumscribed |
| Antonyms: | open, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
| Synonyms: | authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by*, ground, hack it*, make it, make the cut*, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster*, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | be unprepared, disqualify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken |
| Antonyms: | allow, be lenient |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, mark, name, predicate, individualize, individuate, signalize, singularize |
| Main Entry: | altered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed |
| Synonyms: | adapted, converted, corrected, fitted, fixed, modified, qualified, reformed, remade, remodeled, renovated, revised, spiked, adjusted, amended, cooked, diversified, doctored, redone, refitted, reshaped, retailored, transformed, turned, updated |
| Antonyms: | fixed, held, kept, retained, sustained, continued, maintained, preserved |
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, intelligent, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, up*, veteran, fireball, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comparative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate, close to |
| Synonyms: | analogous, approaching, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, corresponding, equivalent, like, matching, metaphorical, near, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, similar, allusive, by comparison, contrastive, correlative, in proportion, not absolute, not positive, rivaling, vying, with reservation |
| Antonyms: | unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | competent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able |
| Synonyms: | adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball*, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dependent |
| Synonyms: | contingent, depending on, fortuitous, guarded, iffy*, incidental, inconclusive, limited, modified, obscure, provisional, qualified, relative, restricted, restrictive, subject to, tentative, uncertain, codicillary, granted on certain terms, not absolute, provisory, reliant, relying on, with grain of salt, with reservations, with strings attached |
| Antonyms: | independent, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut out for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adapted |
| Synonyms: | adequate, competent, equipped, fit, fitted, qualified, suitable, suited, designed, good for |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, incompetent, unqualified, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong, unfitted |
| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
| Synonyms: | adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable, accomplishing, achieving, determinative, effecting, fulfilling, in force |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | efficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adept, effective |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efficacious, energetic, experienced, expert, fitted, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, proficient, profitable, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, equal to, familiar with, good at, good for, well-organized |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, powerless, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | eligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fit, worthy |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, becoming, desirable, discretionary, elective, fitted, licensed, likely, preferable, privileged, proper, qualified, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suited, trained, usable, capable of, employable, equal to, in line for, in the running, up to |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, ineligible, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, apt, big league*, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualified, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso, schooled |
| Antonyms: | amateur, inexpert, unskilled, untrained, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, aware |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophisticated, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise, percipient, sophic, tuned-in, with-it, witting |
| Antonyms: | inexperienced, unaware, unknowing, uncognizant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready in body or mind |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, available, disposed, fit, fixed, framed, handy, inclined, minded, on guard*, planned, predisposed, primed, processed, put up, qualified, set, up*, willing, wired, adjusted, all bases covered, all set, all systems go, arranged, gaffed, groomed, in order, in readiness, of a mind, prepped, psyched-up, rehearsed, rigged, set-up, sewed-up, stacked, up on |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful, unprepared, unready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled, trained |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, acknowledged, adept, competent, crackerjack*, efficient, experienced, expert, finished, knowing one's stuff, known, learned, licensed, on the ball*, polished, practiced, proficient, qualified, sharp, skillful, slick*, there, up to speed, well-qualified |
| Antonyms: | amateur, rookie, unprofessional, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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