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| Main Entry: | talented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gifted |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, artistic, brilliant, capable, clever, cut out for, expert, ingenious, intelligent, masterly, proficient, skilled, smart, endowed, having a knack, shining at |
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, expert, gifted, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, with it*, cultivated, hep, wised up |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| 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: | consummate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ultimate, best |
| Synonyms: | able, absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, downright, faultless, finished, flawless, gifted, ideal, impeccable, inimitable, matchless, out-and-out*, peerless, perfect, perfected, polished, positive, practiced, ripe, skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talented, thoroughgoing, total, trained, transcendent, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, whole, unsurpassable, virtuosic |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, unfinished, worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented, handpicked |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | proficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skilled |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, apt, capable, clever, competent, consummate, conversant, crack*, crackerjack*, effective, effectual, efficient, experienced, expert, finished, gifted, pro, qualified, savvy*, sharp, skillful, slick*, talented, trained, versed, whiz*, with it*, drilled, exercised, on the beam, phenom, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful |
| Synonyms: | able, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, gifted, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, rising, roseate, rosy, talented, up-and-coming, assuring, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | hopeless, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | resourceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginative |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adventurous, aggressive, bright, capable, clever, creative, enterprising, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, original, quick-witted, sharp, talented, venturesome |
| Antonyms: | dull, unimaginative, uncreative, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | star |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, illustrious |
| Synonyms: | brilliant, capital, celebrated, chief, dominant, leading, main, major, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, principal, prominent, talented, well-known |
| Antonyms: | minor, unimportant, unknown |
| Main Entry: | versatile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjustable, flexible |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adaptable, adroit, all-around, conversant, dexterous, elastic, facile, functional, gifted, handy, ingenuous, mobile, plastic, pliable, ready, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented, variable, varied, all-purpose, ambidextrous, many-sided, multifaceted, protean, puttylike |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, limited, unadjustable |
| 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: | 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: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being skilled in creative activity |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, artful, arty, crafty, discriminating, gifted, imaginative, inventive, skillful, talented, artsy-craftsy |
| Antonyms: | scientific |
| Main Entry: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, celebrated |
| Synonyms: | august, capital, chief, commanding, dignified, distinguished, eminent, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, fine, glorious, grand, heroic, high-minded, honorable, idealistic, illustrious, impressive, leading, lofty, magnanimous, main, major, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, primary, principal, prominent, regal, remarkable, renowned, royal, stately, sublime, superior, superlative, talented, highly regarded, puissant |
| Antonyms: | infamous, insignificant, powerless, unimportant, unknown, weak, uncelebrated, undignified |
| Main Entry: | important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eminent, influential, outstanding |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, aristocratic, distinctive, distinguished, effective, extraordinary, famous, first-class*, foremost, grand, heavy*, high profile, honored, illustrious, imposing, incomparable, leading, majestic, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, potent, powerful, preeminent, prominent, remarkable, seminal, signal, solid, superior, talented, top-drawer, top-notch*, well-known, big-time, esteemed, four-star, front-page, high-level, high-ranking, high-up, major-league, of note, page-one, upper-class |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, powerless, unimportant, unknown, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to learn |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, no dummy, nobody's fool, not born yesterday*, prompt, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable |
| Antonyms: | incapable, stupid, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very intelligent |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, expert, genius, gifted, ingenious, intellectual, inventive, knowing, knowledgeable, masterly, penetrating, profound, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, talented, whip, whiz kid*, Einstein, eggheaded |
| Antonyms: | stupid, unaware, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | competent, skilled |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, au fait, capable, clever, dexterous, efficient, expert, first-rate, proficient, proper, qualified, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skillful, suitable, suited, talented, thorough, trustworthy, useful |
| Antonyms: | incompetent, unskilled, unsuitable |
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