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. Jay Inslee:

   We hope that a good bill gets to my desk, i'm very empathetic with the nurses on unduly burdening them so they can't be proficient in their work and so I just hope this gets resolved in a way that we have serious legislation.

2. John McCain:

   Our Defense Department has grown larger but less capable, more complex but less innovative, more proficient at defeating low-tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones.

3. 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.

4. Justin Bronk:

   If someone is a qualified and experienced fighter jet pilot on Soviet types, it’s a matter of a few months to get them trained proficient with something like F-16s.

5. Craig Weller:

   Learning to eat healthy is like learning to speak a different language, you learn a little at a time until you’re proficient.