What is another word for competent?
Synonyms for competent
ˈkɒm pɪ təntcom·pe·tent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
competent
Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease. Commensurate is the more precise and learned word, signifying that which exactly measures the matter in question. Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. A clergyman may have strength adequate to the work of a porter; but that would not be a fit or suitable occupation for him. Work is satisfactory if it satisfies those for whom it is done, though it may be very poor work judged by some higher standard. Qualified refers to acquired abilities; competent to both natural and acquired; a qualified teacher may be no longer competent, by reason of ill health. Able and capable suggest general ability and reserved power, able being the higher word of the two. An able man will do something well in any position. A capable man will come up to any ordinary demand. We say an able orator, a capable accountant.
Synonyms:
able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitableAntonyms:
disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthlessPreposition:
Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.
Princeton's WordNet
competentadjective
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
"a competent typist"
Antonyms:
unworkmanlike, feckless, incompetent, inadequate, ineffective, inept, inefficient, unequal, unqualifiedcompetentadjective
adequate for the purpose
"a competent performance"
Antonyms:
ineffective, incompetent, unequal, inefficient, inadequate, inept, feckless, unqualified, unworkmanlikecompetentadjective
legally qualified or sufficient
"a competent court"; "competent testimony"
Antonyms:
ineffective, inefficient, unequal, incompetent, inadequate, unworkmanlike, inept, unqualified, feckless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
competentadjective
Synonyms:
qualified, capable, efficient, proficient, ableAntonyms:
incompetent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "competent":
relevant, responsible, skilled, appropriate, qualified, jurisdiction, capable, knowledgeable, proficient, competence, skilful, concerned, able, empowered
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#727 | able | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#1816 | relevant | |
#1931 | fit | |
#2309 | equal | |
#3025 | concerned | |
#3344 | qualified | |
#3580 | suitable | |
#3614 | sufficient | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#5190 | jurisdiction | |
#7421 | skilled | |
#7422 | fitted | |
#7772 | fitting | |
#8185 | satisfactory | |
#8207 | adapted | |
#9018 | competent | |
#10206 | competence | |
#13315 | knowledgeable | |
#16593 | proficient | |
#19138 | empowered | |
#29066 | commensurate | |
#52506 | skilful |
How to use competent in a sentence?
Peter is a very competent chief executive and he is running the bank.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia:
They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them, i'm just not impressed by the fact that the University of Texas may have fewer. Maybe it ought to have fewer. And maybe some -- you know, when you take more, the number of blacks, really competent blacks, admitted to lesser schools, turns out to be less.
There’s an all too common temptation to focus on the politics and to focus on the optics, but the survivors of the flooding in Louisiana are not well served by a political discussion. They’re well served by a competent, effective, strong, coordinated government response.
The binding offers have to be presented by June 30 and after that there will be a selection phase of the buyer, which will depend on whether the offers are more or less close, and on the contacts with the competent entities in the process, competition authorities and the European Commission.
He wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors, and he wants to gradually tone down the idolization of the two late leaders as it goes against his agenda to brand the North as a normal state.
Translations for competent
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- مختصArabic
- способен, компетентен, вещ, меродавенBulgarian
- kompetentGerman
- kompetentaEsperanto
- competentes, competenteSpanish
- toimivaltainen, taitava, etevä, osaava, päteväFinnish
- comasachScottish Gaelic
- competenteGalician
- kompetenIndonesian
- מוסמךHebrew
- kaha, toa, matatauMāori
- cekapMalay
- capabel, competent, bekwaam, bevoegdDutch
- kompetentNorwegian
- компетентныйRussian
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