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proficient
adjective as in able, skilled
Strongest matches
accomplished, adept, apt, capable, competent, conversant, efficient, experienced, gifted, qualified, skillful, talented, trained, versed
Weak matches
clever, consummate, crack, crackerjack, drilled, effective, effectual, exercised, expert, finished, on the beam, phenom, pro, savvy, sharp, slick, up to speed, whiz, with it
Example Sentences
Less than a third of Chicago eighth grade students are proficient in reading and math.
Their average exit velocity is third-worst, and they are especially proficient at banging the ball into the ground.
The trend was similar for math, with fewer students advanced or proficient overall.
“She spent like two weeks teaching me how to snowboard, and I became proficient enough to become a guide… We started guiding each other, and then running.”
Bodhana's dad Siva said "nobody at all" in his family was proficient at chess before his daughter took up the game.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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