proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expert mean having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession. proficient implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice.

SKILLFUL definition: 1. US spelling of skilful 2. good at doing something, especially because you have practiced doing…. Learn more.

SKILLFUL definition: having or exercising skill. See examples of skillful used in a sentence.

Definition of skillful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Skillful definition: Possessing or exercising skill; expert.

1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill: a skillful ascent of the summit.

1. ready, adroit, deft, adept, apt, clever, ingenious. Skillful, skilled, expert refer to readiness and adroitness in an occupation, craft, or art.

skillful in American English (ˈskɪlfəl ) adjective having or showing skill; accomplished; expert

Feb 15, 2026 · skillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful) (American spelling) Possessing skill; skilled. Requiring skill.

Some common synonyms of skillful are adept, expert, proficient, and skilled. While all these words mean "having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession," skillful implies individual dexterity …