Meanings
comparative more qualified · superlative most qualified
- Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification.
1949, Manual of Navy Enlisted Manpower and Personnel Classifications and Occupational Standards, United States Bureau of Naval PersonnelAntonyms: unfit
- Restricted or limited by conditions.
Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work.
1 more example
Gatwick has been given a qualified green light to operate a second runway after the government “set out a path to expansion” for London’s second biggest airport.
2025 February 27, Gwyn Topham, “Minister ‘sets path’ to allow Gatwick to open second runway”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian (UK section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of qualify
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMeeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemeeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
adjectivelimited or restricted; not absolute
adjectiveholding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
adjectiverestricted in meaning; (as e.g. ‘man’ in ‘a tall man’)
adjectivecontingent on something else
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُؤَهَّل
- مُؤَهَّل (muʔahhal)meeting requirements
Bulgarian квалифици́ран, ограничен
- квалифици́ран (kvalificíran)meeting requirements
- ограничен (ograničen)restricted or limited
Catalan qualificat
- qualificatmeeting requirements
Chinese Mandarin 合格
- 合格 (hégé)meeting requirements
Czech kvalifikovaný
- kvalifikovanýmeeting requirements
Dutch bevoegd, deskundig
- bevoegdmeeting requirements
- deskundigmeeting requirements
- gekwalificeerdmeeting requirements
Esperanto kvalifika
- kvalifikameeting requirements
Finnish pätevä
- pätevämeeting requirements
French qualifié
- qualifiémeeting requirements
German qualifiziert, eingeschränkt
- qualifiziertmeeting requirements
- eingeschränktrestricted or limited
Greek προσοντούχος
- προσοντούχος (prosontoúchos)meeting requirements
Hungarian képzett, képesített
- képzettmeeting requirements
- képesítettmeeting requirements
- kvalifikáltmeeting requirements
- fenntartások mellett érvényesrestricted or limited
- feltételes érvényű/érvényességűrestricted or limited
- korlátozásokkal érvényesrestricted or limited
Irish cáilithe
- cáilithemeeting requirements
Japanese 合格の, 有資格の
- 合格の (gōkaku no)meeting requirements
- 有資格の (yūshikaku no aru)meeting requirements
Korean 자격이 있는, 자격을 갖춘
- 자격이 있는 (jagyeog-i inneun)meeting requirements
- 자격을 갖춘 (jagyeog-eul gatchun)meeting requirements
Malay layak
- layakmeeting requirements
Māori māraurau
- mārauraumeeting requirements
Polish wykwalifikowany
- wykwalifikowanymeeting requirements
Portuguese qualificado
- qualificadomeeting requirements
Romanian calificat, competent
- calificatmeeting requirements
- competentmeeting requirements
Russian квалифици́рованный
- квалифици́рованный (kvalificírovannyj)meeting requirements
Scottish Gaelic ionnsaichte, uidheamaichte
- ionnsaichtemeeting requirements
- uidheamaichtemeeting requirements
Spanish calificado, clasificado
- calificadomeeting requirements
- clasificadomeeting requirements
- cualificadomeeting requirements
Swedish kvalificerad, yrkeskunnig
- kvalificeradmeeting requirements
- yrkeskunnigmeeting requirements
Turkish kalifiye, sınırlandırılmış
- kalifiyemeeting requirements
- sınırlandırılmışrestricted or limited
- sınırlırestricted or limited
- tahdit edilmişrestricted or limited
Welsh cymwys
- cymwysmeeting requirements
Cite this entry
qualified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualified
“qualified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualified. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “qualified,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualified.
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