skilled

B2
US /skɪld/
adj verb Freq #8867

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having or showing or requiring special skill

    only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team

  2. 2
    adj

    Having or showing skill; skillful.

    In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Zhang Weiyan in Jiangyin, of Jiangsu Province, was a skilled writer. He was quite well-known in his region.

  3. 3
    adj

    Requiring special abilities or training.

    The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry.

  4. 4
    verb

    simple past and past participle of skill

Etymology

From skill (noun) + -ed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
ableaccomplishedadeptadroitaptartfulcapablecompetentconsummateconversantcrackcrafty
Opposites
amateurishbunglingclumsyinaptincapableincompetentineptinexpertmaladroitunableunprofessionalunqualified
Word family
Derived forms low-skilledmulti-skilledmultiskillednonskilledsemi-skilledsemiskilledskilledlysuperskilledunderskilledunskilled

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