Synonyms for skilled
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1. skilled

   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, proficient, skilful, 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. skilledadjective

   having or showing or requiring special skill

   "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"

   Antonyms:
   artless, semiskilled(a), botched, humble, unskillful, botchy, hopeless, menial, fumbling, clumsy, rusty, bungling, crude, butcherly, bungled, rough, incompetent, unskilled, weak, lubberly, lowly, out of practice(p)

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1. skilledadjective

   Synonyms:
   SKILFUL

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1. List of paraphrases for "skilled":

   qualified, trained, specialized, competent, skilful, specialised, specialty, well-qualified, skillful, specialist, well-trained, talented, skills, relevant, highly-qualified

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1. Hampus Lindholm:

   (Doughty and Vatanen) do the small things that no one else wants to do out there, he's very skilled, and he gets away with it. Both of us have a lot more to show, and I think he's going to do it in the playoffs.

2. Michael Gervais:

   Dr. Michael Gervais, Michael Gervais, said the pandemic has created an opportunity for successful people to explore other dimensions of their lives. When people are highly skilled at any craft, theres an identity trap that waits in the wings. Its called identify foreclosure.

3. Lawrence Yun:

   We have very low unemployment, and home builders have a hard time finding skilled construction workers.

4. Alexander Gabuev:

   China is very skilled in calibrating the narrative depending on the audience.

5. Tim Quinlan:

   The problem continues to be sourcing the input components and the skilled workers that remain in short supply, but there is evidence that the logjam is beginning to break up.