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| Main Entry: |
qualified
 [kwol-uh-fahyd] 
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| 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
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
| Synonyms: | authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | be unprepared, disqualify |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken |
| Antonyms: | allow, be lenient |
Example Sentences
- But the answers they do have are confirmed by the majority of qualified world specialists.
- They said that the process took too much time, and that they were not qualified to give the required counselling.
- In almost every business and every industrial sector, the biggest problem facing employers is a lack of qualified people.
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | characterize, distinguish |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform well; having a proven capacity |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | altered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed |
| Synonyms: | adapted, adjusted, amended, converted, cooked, corrected, diversified, doctored, fitted, fixed, modified, qualified, redone, refitted, reformed, remade, remodeled, renovated, reshaped, retailored, revised, spiked, transformed, turned, updated |
| Antonyms: | continued, fixed, held, kept, maintained, preserved, retained, sustained |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
| Synonyms: | clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | authorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit, allow |
| Synonyms: | affirm, approve, confirm, countenance, endorse, give leave, let, license, qualify, ratify, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, reject |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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