skillful
[ skil-fuhl ]
/ ˈskɪl fəl /
adjective
having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
showing or involving skill: a skillful display of fancy diving.
Obsolete.
reasonable; rational.
Also
especially British,
skil·ful.
SYNONYMS FOR skillful
synonym study for skillful
1.
Skillful,
skilled,
expert refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art.
Skillful suggests especially adroitness and dexterity:
a skillful watchmaker.
Skilled implies having had long experience and thus having acquired a high degree of proficiency:
not an amateur but a skilled worker.
Expert means having the highest degree of proficiency; it may mean much the same as
skillful or
skilled, or both:
expert workmanship. See also
dexterous.
OTHER WORDS FROM skillful
skill·ful·ly, adverb skill·ful·ness, noun qua·si-skill·ful, adjective qua·si-skill·ful·ly, adverbWords nearby skillful
skillcentre,
skilled,
skilled labor,
skilless,
skillet,
skillful,
skilling,
skillion,
skilly,
skim,
skim milk