skilled
Good at things
Skilled means having expertise or proficiency gained through training or experience.
A skilled worker has developed competence in a trade or craft.
Skilled labor requires specialized knowledge, as opposed to unskilled work anyone can perform.
The word implies ability earned rather than innate: a skilled negotiator, skilled at handling difficult customers.
Having practiced ability
- adeptHighly capable, well-versed
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- capableHaving required skills
- experiencedHaving practical knowledge gained
knowledgeable · qualified · seasoned · veteran · accomplished · practiced · masterful · well-versed
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
pottery · weaving · tailoring · joinery · masonry · engraving · leatherwork · glassblowing
Learning trade through employment
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- schoolingFormal education received
- instructionGuidance for action
internship · journeyman · mentorship · tutelage · accreditation · licensure · vocational · tradesman
Given as present
- talentedHaving natural ability
- naturalNot artificially produced
- innateExisting since birth
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
creative · artistic · inventive · ingenious · clever · brilliant · exceptional · outstanding
Exactly correct, no error
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- coordinatedArranged to work together
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- deftSkillful and quick
handy · steady-handed · sure-handed · ambidextrous · delicate · controlled · graceful · fluid
proficient
Having practiced ability
experienced · knowledgeable · qualified · seasoned · veteran · accomplished · practiced · masterful · well-versed · polished
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- carpentryWood construction trade
blacksmithing · pottery · weaving · tailoring · joinery · masonry · engraving · leatherwork · glassblowing · embroidery
apprenticeship
Learning trade through employment
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- schoolingFormal education received
instruction · internship · journeyman · mentorship · tutelage · accreditation · licensure · vocational · tradesman · credentialed
gifted
Given as present
intuitive · creative · artistic · inventive · ingenious · clever · brilliant · exceptional · outstanding · remarkable
precise
Exactly correct, no error
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- coordinatedArranged to work together
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
deft · handy · steady-handed · sure-handed · ambidextrous · delicate · controlled · graceful · fluid · elegant
- complimentssmart, talented, beautiful, funny, awesome
- dexteritydexterous, nimble, agile, adroit, deft
- intelligencesmart, IQ, memory, bright, clever
- resume buzzwordsleadership, teamwork, communication, experience, problem-solving
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- skilled traitsexpert, adept, proficient, masterful, talented
skilledincompetent
Lacking necessary skill
unskilled · inept · clumsy · bungling · unskillful
skilledinexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
untrained · green · raw · unseasoned · novice
skilledamateur
Nonprofessional participant
amateurish · unprofessional · inexpert · jackleg · nonprofessional
- social skillsAbility to interact well
- trade skillsPractical occupational abilities
- people skillsAbility to interact well
- workplace skillsAbilities for professional settings
- traditional skillsTime-honored practical abilities
- motor skillsCoordinated bodily movement ability
skill, skillful, skills, unskilled, skillfully, skillfulness, upskill, reskill, semiskilled