Lisa is so skillful that she can even make screws and similar small objects for herself.
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Skillful
//ˈskɪl.fəl//
Synonyms for "skillful" (111 found)
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proficientableadeptadroitadvantageousaptartisticauspiciousauthoritativebeneficialbenevolentbonbonnybravurabrawbrilliantbuenocapitalcleanclever
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Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 56 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- фэӏаз adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Albanian
1 entries- i dhën adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Arabic
3 entries- بَارِع adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- حَاذِق adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- مَاهِر adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Armenian
1 entries- ճարտար adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Asturian
4 entries- amañáu adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ardidosu adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- arteru adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- duechu adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Basque
1 entries- trebe adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изкусен adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ловък adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- сръчен adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Catalan
2 entries- destre adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- hàbil adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Cebuano
2 entries- hanas adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- maayo adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 嫻熟 /娴熟 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 擅長 /擅长 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 熟練 /熟练 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Czech
4 entries- dovedný adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- obratný adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- zručný adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- šikovný adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Danish
3 entries- behændig adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- dygtig adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- skikket adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Dutch
4 entries- bedreven adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- bekwaam adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- geschikt adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- geschoold adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Esperanto
1 entries- lerta adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Finnish
4 entries- etevä adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- lahjakas adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- taidokas adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- taitava adj (possessing skill, skilled)
French
2 entries- adroit adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- habile adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Galician
1 entries- xeitoso adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Georgian
4 entries- გაწაფული adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- მარჯვე adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- მოხერხებული adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ოსტატური adj (possessing skill, skilled)
German
2 entries- geschickt adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- gewandt adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Greek
1 entries- επιδέξιος adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Hindi
4 entries- कुशल adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- दक्ष adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- निपुण adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- पारंगत adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Hungarian
1 entries- ügyes adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Irish
1 entries- sciliúil adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Italian
4 entries- abile adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- destro adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- esperto adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- pratico adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Japanese
4 entries- うまい adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 上手 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 上手な adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 得意 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Kabardian
1 entries- хуэӏаз adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Khmer
1 entries- ជំនាញ adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Korean
3 entries- 능숙하다 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 수 있는 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- 잘하다 adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Lao
1 entries- ເກັ່ງ adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Latin
2 entries- perītus adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- sollers adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Latvian
3 entries- izdarīgs adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- izmanīgs adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- veikls adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Manx
1 entries- aghtal adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Mapudungun
1 entries- trüf adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Māori
3 entries- kaiaka adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- raka adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ringa rehe adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Norman
2 entries- mannigat adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- scouotre adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Norwegian
1 entries- skikket adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Occitan
1 entries- abil adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Old Armenian
1 entries- գէտ adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Old English
1 entries- cræftig adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Persian
1 entries- ماهر adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Portuguese
2 entries- habilidoso adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- talentoso adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Romanian
1 entries- priceput adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Russian
3 entries- иску́сный adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ло́вкий adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- уме́лый adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ऋभु adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Scots
3 entries- canny adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- handy adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- knackie adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- làmhach adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- sgileil adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- teòma adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Shan
1 entries- ၵတ်ႉၶႅၼ်ႇ adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Spanish
4 entries- caperuzo adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- capi adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- ducho adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- habilidoso adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Swedish
1 entries- skicklig adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Tajik
1 entries- моҳир adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Telugu
2 entries- ఆరితేరిన adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- చేయితిరిగిన adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Thai
2 entries- มีฝีมือ adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- เก่ง adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Turkish
2 entries- becerikli adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- yetenekli adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Urdu
1 entries- ماہر adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Vietnamese
3 entries- giỏi adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- khéo adj (possessing skill, skilled)
- khéo léo adj (possessing skill, skilled)
West-Frisian
1 entries- betûft adj (possessing skill, skilled)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.
Source: tatoeba (34457)
The girl is skillful at knitting.
Source: tatoeba (46427)
The girl is skillful with her fingers.
Source: tatoeba (46643)
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