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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, skilled person, female or male |
| Synonyms: | ace*, adept, artist, artiste, authority, buff*, champion, connoisseur, conqueror, doctor, doyen, doyenne, genius, guru, maestro, maven, old hand, old pro, past master, prima donna, pro, professional, proficient, pundit, real pro, sage, savant, scientist, shark, victor, virtuoso, whiz*, whiz-bang, winner, wizard |
| Antonyms: | amateur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person participating in sport |
| Synonyms: | amateur, athlete, champ, competitor, contestant, jock, member, opponent, participant, pro, professional, rookie, sportsperson, superjock, sweat*, team player |
| Antonyms: | fan, spectator |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | practitioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert |
| Synonyms: | doctor, master, pro, professional, specialist |
| Main Entry: | seasoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adept, battle-scarred, been around, been there, competent, expert, familiar, hardened, instructed, knowledgeable, matured, old hand, practiced, prepared, pro, professional, qualified, skillful, tested, toughened, trained, tried, vet, veteran, weathered, wise, worldly, worldly wise |
| Main Entry: | skillful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able, talented |
| Synonyms: | a hand at, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, brainy, clever, competent, cool*, crack*, crackerjack*, dexterous, experienced, expert, good, handy, into*, learned, old*, on the ball, practical, practiced, prepared, pretty, primed, pro*, professional, proficient, quick, ready, really into, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, skilled, smart, smooth, there, trained, tuned in, versant, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, whiz, wicked*, wised up |
| Antonyms: | green, ignorant, incapable, incapacitated, inexperienced, unable, unskilled, unskillful, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart, clever |
| Synonyms: | adroit, cagey, canny, deft, dextrous, foxy, glib, knowing, meretricious, plausible, professional, quick, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sly, smooth, smooth-spoken, sophisticated, specious, streetwise, unctuous, urbane, wise |
| Antonyms: | amateurish, clumsy, stupid, unclever, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | specialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert in a field |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, attending physician, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand, old pro, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, technician, veteran, virtuoso |
| Antonyms: | general practitioner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | technical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning details, mechanics |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, high-tech, industrial, mechanical, methodological, occupational, professional, restricted, scholarly, scientific, special, specialized, technological, vocational |
| Antonyms: | unmechanical, untechnical |
| Main Entry: | virtuoso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, artist, artiste, authority, big league, brain*, celebrity, champ, champion, crackerjack*, dillettante, egghead, genius, hot stuff, hotshot, intelligent, magician, musician, natural*, no slouch, old hand, old pro, performer, pro*, prodigy, professional, pundit, sharp*, star, superstar, whiz*, wizard |
| Antonyms: | amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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