Skillful

/ˈskɪl.fəl/

Synonyms for "skillful" (130 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Adjective(6 words)

adept expert proficient adroit artfulartistic works

able adept adroit advantageous apt artistic auspicious authoritative beneficial benevolent bon bonny bravura braw brilliant bueno capital clean

Noun(2 words)

artistic movementartistic technique

Strong matches (39)

clever cogent commendable coordinated crack crackerjack cunning cute daedal daedalian deft dexterous dextrous diplomatic efficiency effortless elegant estimable excellent expedient

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experienced expert fair famous fancy favorable fine good goodish goodly

Noun(3 words)

craft techniquedexter finessing

Verb(1 words)

crafted

Adjective(5 words)

craftiest crafty deftest dexterous good

Related words (65)

graceful grand handy healthy helpful ingenious kind laudable learned magisterial master masterful masterly neat niceno meannoble pleasant politic pretty

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professional proficient profitable quickquite someready regal resourceful royal skilled slick some sound splendid statesmanlike stylish subtle tactfulthe compleatthe completeuseful valid versatilevery goodvirtuoso virtuouswell donewell-done well-versed wicked workmanlike

Noun(5 words)

hand workhandcraftingliterary achievementmanual dexteritynarrative writing proficiency

Adjective(9 words)

hands on abilityintricate fabric patternnice nimble nimblest practiced skilful skilled wizardly

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

ability quality

More specific

6 entries

adept adroit dexterous masterful masterly precise

Collocations

5 entries

skillful craftsmanshipskillful designskillful executionskillful handlingskillful use

Derivations

2 entries

skillfully skillfulness

similar

2 entries

precise skilled

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Lisa is so skillful that she can even make screws and similar small objects for herself.

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Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.

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The girl is skillful at knitting.

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The girl is skillful with her fingers.

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