V. WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS; INDIVIDUAL VOLITION

III. VOLUNTARY ACTION

2. Complex voluntary action

Proficient.

[Antonyms: bungler.]

[Nouns] proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster; connoisseur (scholar) [more]; master, master hand; prima donna, first fiddle, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma.

picked man; medallist, prizeman.

veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world.

nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror (deceiver) [more]; wizard [more].

genius; mastermind, master head, master spirit.

cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow; jobber; cracksman (thief) [more]; politician, tactician, strategist.

pantologist, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning.