Adept
[ə'dept;'ædept] or [ə'dɛpt]
Definition
(adj.) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; 'adept in handicrafts'; 'an adept juggler'; 'an expert job'; 'a good mechanic'; 'a practiced marksman'; 'a proficient engineer'; 'a lesser-known but no less skillful composer'; 'the effect was achieved by skillful retouching' .
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
(a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Inputed by Alphonso
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Master, proficient, genius, doctor, veteran, expert, dab, DABSTER, good hand, master hand, capital hand, nice hand.
a. Skilled, versed, experienced, practised, proficient, good, at home, AU FAIT.
Checker: Mara
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Expert, adroit, handy, master, performer, professor, artist
ANT:Awkward, clumsy, inexpert, tyro, novice, lubber, blunderer
Inputed by Juana
Definition
adj. completely skilled (in).—n. a proficient.—n. Adep′tion (Bacon) attainment.
Inputed by Hahn
Examples
- Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any FAT in Christendom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sch?ffer proved wonderfully adept at cutting type, and later at illuminating the initial letters that were needed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was courteous, honey-tongued--an adept in fascinating arts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was an adept in the French and Italian languages. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I shall no doubt be gratified by learning in good time what a well-finished and full-blown adept in a certain trade my lady is. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Edited by Bryan