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expert
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, skillful |
| Synonyms: | able, absolute, aces, adept, admirable, adroit, awesome, bad*, best, brutal, cold*, complete, consummate, crack*, downright, dynamite, egregious, exceptional, expert, fab, fantastic, fine, first-class*, first-rate, good, heavy*, hellacious, marvelous, masterly, number one, out of sight, out of this world, out-and-out, perfect, positive, proficient, super-duper, surpassing, terrific, total, tough, transcendent, tremendous, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, menial, poor, stupid, unskilled, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | informed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cognizant, conversant |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, apprized, au courant*, au fait, briefed, enlightened, erudite, expert, familiar, in the know, into*, know the score, know what's what, knowledgeable, learned, on top of, posted, primed, reliable, savvy*, tuned in, up on, up*, up-to-date, versant, versed, well-read, wise to |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unaware, uninformed, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, aware |
| Synonyms: | alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, percipient, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise |
| Antonyms: | inexperienced, unaware, uncognizant, unknowing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, practiced |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, deft, dexterous, efficient, effortless, elegant, expert, finished, graceful, handy, nimble, precise, proficient, quick, ready, skillful, speedy, stylish, well-judged |
| Antonyms: | disorganized, unpracticed |
| Main Entry: | perfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawless, superlative |
| Synonyms: | A-OK, absolute, accomplished, aces, adept, beyond compare, blameless, classical, consummate, crowning, culminating, defectless, excellent, excelling, experienced, expert, faultless, finished, foolproof, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, matchless, out-of-this-world, paradisiac, paradisiacal, peerless, pure, skilled, skillful, sound, splendid, spotless, stainless, sublime, superb, supreme, ten, unblemished, unequaled, unmarred, untainted, untarnished, utopian |
| Antonyms: | flawed, imperfect, inferior, second-rate, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled, trained |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, acknowledged, adept, competent, crackerjack*, efficient, experienced, expert, finished, knowing one's stuff, known, learned, licensed, on the ball, polished, practiced, proficient, qualified, sharp, skillful, slick*, there, up to speed, well-qualified |
| Antonyms: | amateur, rookie, unprofessional, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skilled |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, apt, capable, clever, competent, consummate, conversant, crack*, crackerjack*, drilled, effective, effectual, efficient, exercised, experienced, expert, finished, gifted, on the beam, phenom, pro, qualified, savvy*, sharp, skillful, slick*, talented, trained, up to speed, versed, whiz*, with it |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, skillful |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, adequate, all around, au fait, capable, catechized, certified, competent, disciplined, efficient, equipped, examined, experienced, expert, fit, fitted, good, instructed, knowledgeable, licensed, practiced, pro*, proficient, proper, proved, quizzed, talented, tested, trained, tried, up to snuff, up to speed, vet, veteran, war-horse, wicked |
| Antonyms: | incapable, unable, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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