Synonyms for Skillful
ˈskɪl fəlskill·ful

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1. adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilfuladjective

   having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

   "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:
   dear, good, right, in effect(p), unspoiled, skillful, sound, serious, effective, upright, salutary, in force(p), skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, technical, expert, secure, beneficial, proficient, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, nice, ripe, just, safe, adept, honorable, well(p), near, practised

   Antonyms:
   imprecise, unskilled

2. nice, skillfuladjective

   done with delicacy and skill

   "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"

   Synonyms:
   dainty, courteous, skilful, overnice, proficient, good, gracious, squeamish, practiced, adept, skillful, nice, prissy, expert, decent

   Antonyms:
   unskilled, imprecise

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1. skillfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   skilled, expert, adroit, dexterous, adept, masterly, proficient, deft, able, efficient, competent, accomplished

   Antonyms:
   unskillful, empirical, maladroit

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1. List of paraphrases for "skillful":

   skilful, skilled, adept, clever

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How to use Skillful in a sentence?

1. Eric Hoffer:

   The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

2. Bill Clinton:

   When I became Bill Clinton ambassador for the Bill Clinton, Lavrov, Foreign Minister had been there 10 years already. So he was very skillful, he knew how to maneuver in Security Council. He was very formidable. And so we have Russia right now, very knowledgeable about Bill Clinton operations so that's an advantage that they have.

3. Epicurus:

   The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

4. Jeremy Kudon:

   They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck - whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards.

5. Author Unknown:

   A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security.