Meanings
skilled1
adjectiveskilled (comparative more skilled, superlative most skilled)
comparative more skilled · superlative most skilled
- 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.
2024 November 4, Terese Eriksen Eldholm, “Norway increases minimum wage rates across key industries”, in Magnus Legal, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2025
skilled2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of skill
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving or showing or requiring special skill
Opposite
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
skilled · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-
- Proto-Germanic*skilją
- Old Norseski
- Middle Englishskill
- Englishskill
- Englishskilled
Translations
Arabic مَاهِر
- مَاهِر (māhir)having or showing skill
Bengali ওয়াকেফ
- ওয়াকেফ (ōẇakeph)having or showing skill
Bulgarian вещ, опитен
- вещ (vešt)having or showing skill
- опитен (opiten)having or showing skill
- изкусен (izkusen)having or showing skill
- кадъ́рен (kadắren)having or showing skill
- квалифициран (kvalificiran)requiring special abilities or training
Catalan hàbil, destre\
- hàbilhaving or showing skill
- destre\having or showing skill
Danish dygtig
- dygtighaving or showing skill
Esperanto lerta
- lertahaving or showing skill
Finnish taitava, taidokas
- taitavahaving or showing skill
- taidokashaving or showing skill
French habile
- habilehaving or showing skill
German geschickt, gekonnt
- geschickthaving or showing skill
- gekonnthaving or showing skill
- gewandthaving or showing skill
- fachlich ausgebildetrequiring special abilities or training
- fachlich unterwiesenrequiring special abilities or training
- fachlich trainiertrequiring special abilities or training
Hawaiian noʻeau
- noʻeauhaving or showing skill
Hebrew מְיֻמָּן
- מְיֻמָּן (meyumán)having or showing skill
Hindi दक्ष, कुशल
- दक्ष (dakṣ)having or showing skill
- कुशल (kuśal)having or showing skill
- निपुण (nipuṇ)having or showing skill
- पारंगत (pāraṅgat)having or showing skill
- माहिर (māhir)having or showing skill
Irish sciliúil
- sciliúilhaving or showing skill
Italian esperto
- espertohaving or showing skill
Japanese 上手
- 上手 (jōzu)having or showing skill
Korean 잘하다, 능숙하다
- 잘하다 (jalhada)having or showing skill
- 능숙하다 (neungsukhada)having or showing skill
Latin artifex, callidus
- artifexhaving or showing skill
- callidushaving or showing skill
- sollershaving or showing skill
- perītushaving or showing skill
Malay mahir
- mahirhaving or showing skill
Māori tautoohito
- tautoohitohaving or showing skill
Norwegian Bokmål dreven, erfaren
- drevenhaving or showing skill
- erfarenhaving or showing skill
- kyndighaving or showing skill
Polish umiejętny
- umiejętnyhaving or showing skill
Portuguese hábil, habilidoso
- hábilhaving or showing skill
- habilidosohaving or showing skill
- jeitosohaving or showing skill
Romanian priceput, calificat
- priceputhaving or showing skill
- calificatrequiring special abilities or training
Russian квалифици́рованный, иску́сный
- квалифици́рованный (kvalificírovannyj)having or showing skill
- иску́сный (iskúsnyj)having or showing skill
- уме́лый (umélyj)having or showing skill
Spanish hábil, diestro
- hábilhaving or showing skill
- diestrohaving or showing skill
- habilidosohaving or showing skill
- capihaving or showing skill
- caperuzohaving or showing skill
- habilosohaving or showing skill
- cualificadorequiring special abilities or training
- especializadorequiring special abilities or training
- capacitadorequiring special abilities or training
Swedish kunnig, skicklig
- kunnighaving or showing skill
- skicklighaving or showing skill
Thai เก่ง
- เก่ง (gèng)having or showing skill
Turkish yetenekli, becerikli
- yeteneklihaving or showing skill
- beceriklihaving or showing skill
- kabiliyetlihaving or showing skill
- hünerlihaving or showing skill
- maarifetlihaving or showing skill
- yeteneklirequiring special abilities or training
- kabiliyetlirequiring special abilities or training
Vietnamese lành nghề
- lành nghềhaving or showing skill
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with skilled
buildbuiltfilledkilledguildrebuildbilledfulfilledgrilledthrilledchilledunskilledunfilledtilledgildfrilledgilledpilledprebuildsildungilledunswilled
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Cite this entry
APA
skilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilled
MLA
“skilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skilled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilled.
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