Synonyms for proficient
prəˈfɪʃ əntpro·fi·cient

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1. proficientadjective

   Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.

   He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.

   Synonyms:
   expert, skilled, practiced, fluent

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1. proficient

   Skilful signifies possessing and using readily practical knowledge and ability, having alert and well-trained faculties with reference to a given work. One is adept in that for which he has a natural gift improved by practise; he is expert in that of which training, experience, and study have given him a thorough mastery; he is dexterous in that which he can do effectively, with or without training, especially in work of the hand or bodily activities. In the case of the noun, "an expert" denotes one who is "experienced" in the fullest sense, a master of his branch of knowledge. A skilled workman is one who has thoroughly learned his trade, though he may be naturally quite dull; a skilful workman has some natural brightness, ability, and power of adaptation, in addition to his acquired knowledge and dexterity. Compare CLEVER; DEXTERITY; POWER.

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, clever, deft, dexterous, expert, handy, happy, ingenious, practised, skilful, skilled, trained

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, helpless, inexpert, maladroit, shiftless, unhandy, unskilled, untaught, untrained

   Preposition:
   Skilful at or in a work, with a pen or tool of any kind.

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1. proficientnoun

   Synonyms:
   adept, master, expert

   Antonyms:
   tyro, novice, ignoramus, dunce

2. proficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   expert, clever, practised, skilled, trained, versed, advanced, conversant, skilful, competent, well qualified

   Antonyms:
   backward, ignorant, unskilled, inconversant, ill-versed, awkward, clumsy

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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, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, nice, ripe, just, safe, adept, honorable, well(p), near, practised

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

2. technical, proficientadjective

   of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

   "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing"

   Synonyms:
   skilful, technical, expert, good, practiced, skillful, adept, technological

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

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1. proficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   skilled, skilful, conversant, competent, well-versed, qualified, practised, trained, accomplished, able, thoroughbred, finished, good, at home, AU FAIT

2. proficientnoun

   Synonyms:
   adept, expert, dab, master-hand, DABSTER, capital hand, good hand

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1. proficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   expert, adept, skilled

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1. List of paraphrases for "proficient":

   competent

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1. Alessio Patalano:

   Sailors train regularly to man this ship to the utmost of its capabilities, which means that on favorable weather conditions its sails could propel it well past 10 knots, whilst this is not a speed comparable to modern ships, when combined with a proficient crew, it would certainly give the ship an edge over four narcos on a home made drug-carrying raft, fast as it could have been.

2. Said Bennett:

   Respectively, those are the percentage of proficient readers in second grade for the school years 2018-2019, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 at Brewbaker Primary School in Montgomery, Alabama.

3. Kymona Burk:

   We needed to do this, and we need to do this in increments, because we wanted to make sure that our students began moving more toward the proficient level and being more prepared for fourth grade.

4. Peter Meiresonne:

   Maybe now is a good time to say, ‘We are not able today’ or ‘Give us a six- or 10-mile lineup rather than a four-mile lineup’, which you might accept when you are more proficient and (flight experience is) more recent.

5. James Ison:

   He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun -- was very proficient in that, very tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect he was also motioning for people to exit behind him, many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting.