Adept

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Very skilled. See Synonyms at proficient.
  • n. A highly skilled person; an expert: "The adepts in Washington mean to give rather than to take” ( Lewis H. Lapham).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
  • n. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient.
  • adj. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Well skilled; completely versed or acquainted.
  • n. One who has attained proficiency; one fully skilled in anything; a proficient or master; specifically, in former times, a proficient in alchemy or magic; a master of occult science, or one who professed to have discovered “the great secret” (namely, of transmuting base metal into gold).
  • n. Synonyms Adept, Expert. An adept is one who possesses natural as well as acquired aptitude or skill in anything: as, an adept in the art of governing; an adept in diplomacy, lying, cajolery, whist-playing, etc. An expert, on the other hand, is one whose skill and proficiency are more conspicuously the result of practice or experience, or of an intimate acquaintance with a subject. The term is mostly limited to one possessing special skill or knowledge in some branch, and regarded as an authority on it: as, an expert in alienism, chemistry, penmanship, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  • n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • Equivalent
    skilled   
    Antonym
    inept   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    proficient    skilful    tactful    mastery    skillful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    accept    crept    except    inept    intercept    kept    leaped    leapt    overslept    prepped   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    proficient    skilled    talented    competent    knowledgeable    apt    responsive    agile    helpful    dexterous