adept

• "adept in handicrafts"
• "an adept juggler"
• "an expert job"
• "a good mechanic"
• "a practiced marksman"
• "a proficient engineer"
• "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"
• "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

Synonyms

• experta person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully ; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
• good(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); benefit; moral excellence or admirableness; that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; articles of commerce ; having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; having the normally expected amount; morally admirable ; deserving of esteem and respect; promoting or enhancing well-being; agreeable or pleasing; of moral excellence; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; thorough; with or in a close or intimate relationship; financially safe; most suitable or right for a particular purpose; resulting favorably; exerting force or influence; capable of pleasing; appealing to the mind; in excellent physical condition; tending to promote physical well-being; not forged; not left to spoil; generally admired
• practicedhaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; skillful after much practice
• proficienthaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
• skillfulhaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; done with delicacy and skill
• skilfulhaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Synonyms

• aceof the highest quality; succeed at easily; score an ace against; play (a hole) in one stroke ; serve an ace against (someone) ; the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face ; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II ; a major strategic headquarters of NATO; a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
• championholding first place in a contest; protect or fight for as a champion ; someone who has won first place in a competition ; someone who fights for a cause ; a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• sensationan unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; a state of widespread public excitement and interest; the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
• mavensomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• mavinsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• virtuosohaving or revealing supreme mastery or skill; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry
• geniussomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; unusual mental ability ; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; exceptional creative ability ; a natural talent
• hotshotsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• starindicating the most important performer or role; feature as the star; be the star in a performance ; mark with an asterisk; (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior ; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night ; an actor who plays a principal role ; a plane figure with 5 or more points; a performer who receives prominent billing ; a star-shaped character * used in printing ; the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub
• superstarsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• whizmake a soft swishing sound; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
• whizzmake a soft swishing sound; move along very quickly ; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• wizardpossessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ; one who practices magic or sorcery
• wizsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field