Antonyms for adept
əˈdɛpt; ˈæd ɛpt, əˈdɛptadept

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1. adeptnoun

   Antonyms:
   inept

2. adeptadjective

   Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

   Antonyms:
   inept

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1. adept

   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.

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

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

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

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1. adept

   Antonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, inexpert, tyro, novice, lubber, blunderer

   Synonyms:
   expert, adroit, handy, master, performer, professor, artist

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1. ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wizadjective

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

   Synonyms:
   esthesis, wiz, whiz, brain, one, sense, asterisk, maven, protagonist, ace, paladin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, unity, whizz, friend, headliner, thaumaturgist, principal, sensory faculty, necromancer, thaumaturge, booster, lead, sense experience, hotshot, brilliance, hero, star topology, wizardry, mavin, brainiac, single, sensation, genius, star, title-holder, angiotensin converting enzyme, sense datum, flair, virtuoso, fighter, wizard, magician, supporter, sorcerer, aesthesis, sense impression, sentience, superstar, champ, mastermind, admirer, champion, sentiency

2. 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"

   Antonyms:
   unskilled

   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, honorable, well(p), near, practised

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1. adeptnoun

   Synonyms:
   expert

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ADEPT

   Synonyms:
   Antibody directed enzyme prodrug therapy

How to use adept in a sentence?

1. Walther Collection curator Brian Wallis:

   The internet has definitely made people more adept at using and reading pictures, the amount that is being dumped online ... is a revolution in access, which inevitably expands your way of thinking about the world visually.

2. Greg Guma:

   He (Sanders) said he was unimportant and it was all about the movement, and then it kind of escalated. ‘If you don’t support the movement, I don’t want your vote'... Obviously he’s become more adept at cultivating voters.” - New York Times, 7/3/15

3. Sean McGoffin:

   We do have technology, this is technology that we didn't used to have, so we're getting some of that from our headquarters component and we're really thankful for their investment in The Big Bend Sector, we're always going to need a little bit more manpower, but we're adept in this sector of doing what we have to do to make things happen.

4. President Trump:

   It takes five to eight minutes for first responders. So the attack is over. If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end [the attack], we are looking at that very strongly. A lot of people will be opposed to it. A lot of people are gonna like it.

5. Rebecca Crozier:

   These groups are very adept at this 'come and join this movement, be part of this' rhetoric to draw in young people who have lost a sense of purpose and belonging during the war.

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