He is adept at telling lies.
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Adept
//əˈdɛpt//
Synonyms for "adept" (158 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
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Translations
73 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вещ adj (well skilled)
- кадъ́рен adj (well skilled)
- опитен adj (well skilled)
- умел adj (well skilled)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 擅長 /擅长 adj (well skilled)
- 熟練 /熟练 adj (well skilled)
- 專家 /专家 noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- 熟練的人 /熟练的人 noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Czech
4 entries- kvalifikovaný adj (well skilled)
- schopný adj (well skilled)
- znalý adj (well skilled)
- expert noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Dutch
3 entries- bekwaam adj (well skilled)
- deskundige noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- expert noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Esperanto
2 entries- lerta adj (well skilled)
- adepto noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Finnish
3 entries- asiantunteva adj (well skilled)
- pätevä adj (well skilled)
- asiantuntija noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
French
2 entries- expert adj (well skilled)
- expert noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
German
4 entries- befähigt adj (well skilled)
- bewandert adj (well skilled)
- eingeweiht adj (well skilled)
- erfahren adj (well skilled)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रवीण adj (well skilled)
- प्रवीण noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Hungarian
3 entries- szakértő adj (well skilled)
- mestere valaminek noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- szakértő noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Latin
2 entries- adepta noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- adeptus noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Māori
2 entries- kaiaka adj (well skilled)
- tautōhito noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Norwegian
1 entries- adept noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Polish
4 entries- biegły adj (well skilled)
- ekspert noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- ekspertka noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
- mistrz noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Portuguese
2 entries- adepto adj (well skilled)
- adepto noun (one fully skilled or well versed in anything)
Russian
4 entries- зна́ющий adj (well skilled)
- о́пытный adj (well skilled)
- све́дущий adj (well skilled)
- уме́лый adj (well skilled)
Spanish
4 entries- experto adj (well skilled)
- fiebrú adj (well skilled)
- fiebrúa adj (well skilled)
- hábil adj (well skilled)
Swedish
1 entries- skicklig adj (well skilled)
Turkish
4 entries- becerikli adj (well skilled)
- ehil adj (well skilled)
- mahir adj (well skilled)
- usta adj (well skilled)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He is an adept climber.
Source: tatoeba (299384)
He's adept at jumping into profitable niches.
Source: tatoeba (299536)
He is adept in swimming.
Source: tatoeba (300205)
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