Meanings
adjectiveskillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful)
comparative more skillful · superlative most skillful · alternative skilfull · alternative skilful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRequiring skill.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishskilful
- Englishskillful
From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَاهِر, حَاذِق
- مَاهِر (māhir)possessing skill, skilled
- حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq)possessing skill, skilled
- بَارِع (bāriʕ)possessing skill, skilled
Basque trebe
- trebepossessing skill, skilled
Bulgarian сръчен, ловък
- сръчен (srăčen)possessing skill, skilled
- ловък (lovăk)possessing skill, skilled
- изкусен (izkusen)possessing skill, skilled
Catalan hàbil, destre
- hàbilpossessing skill, skilled
- destrepossessing skill, skilled
Chinese Mandarin 熟練 /熟练, 嫻熟 /娴熟
- 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn)possessing skill, skilled
- 嫻熟 /娴熟 (xiánshú)possessing skill, skilled
- 擅長 /擅长 (shàncháng)possessing skill, skilled
Czech dovedný, obratný
- dovednýpossessing skill, skilled
- obratnýpossessing skill, skilled
- zručnýpossessing skill, skilled
- šikovnýpossessing skill, skilled
Danish skikket, behændig
- skikketpossessing skill, skilled
- behændigpossessing skill, skilled
- dygtigpossessing skill, skilled
Dutch bedreven, vaardig
- bedrevenpossessing skill, skilled
- vaardigpossessing skill, skilled
- geschooldpossessing skill, skilled
- geschiktpossessing skill, skilled
- bekwaampossessing skill, skilled
Esperanto lerta
- lertapossessing skill, skilled
Finnish taitava, taidokas
- taitavapossessing skill, skilled
- taidokaspossessing skill, skilled
- lahjakaspossessing skill, skilled
- eteväpossessing skill, skilled
French habile, adroit
- habilepossessing skill, skilled
- adroitpossessing skill, skilled
German geschickt, gewandt
- geschicktpossessing skill, skilled
- gewandtpossessing skill, skilled
Greek επιδέξιος
- επιδέξιος (epidéxios)possessing skill, skilled
Hindi दक्ष, कुशल
- दक्ष (dakṣ)possessing skill, skilled
- कुशल (kuśal)possessing skill, skilled
- निपुण (nipuṇ)possessing skill, skilled
- पारंगत (pāraṅgat)possessing skill, skilled
- माहिर (māhir)possessing skill, skilled
- गुणी (guṇī)possessing skill, skilled
- प्रवीण (pravīṇ)possessing skill, skilled
Hungarian ügyes
- ügyespossessing skill, skilled
Irish sciliúil
- sciliúilpossessing skill, skilled
Italian esperto, destro
- espertopossessing skill, skilled
- destropossessing skill, skilled
- provettopossessing skill, skilled
- abilepossessing skill, skilled
- praticopossessing skill, skilled
Japanese 上手, 上手な
- 上手 (jōzu)possessing skill, skilled
- 上手な (jōzu na)possessing skill, skilled
- 得意 (tokui)possessing skill, skilled
- 熟練 (jukuren)possessing skill, skilled
- うまい (umai)possessing skill, skilled
Korean 잘하다, 능숙하다
- 잘하다 (jalhada)possessing skill, skilled
- 능숙하다 (neungsukhada)possessing skill, skilled
- 수 있는 (su inneun)possessing skill, skilled
Latin perītus, sollers
- perītuspossessing skill, skilled
- sollerspossessing skill, skilled
Latvian veikls, izdarīgs
- veiklspossessing skill, skilled
- izdarīgspossessing skill, skilled
- izmanīgspossessing skill, skilled
Māori ringa rehe, kaiaka
- ringa rehepossessing skill, skilled
- kaiakapossessing skill, skilled
- rakapossessing skill, skilled
Norwegian skikket
- skikketpossessing skill, skilled
Persian ماهر
- ماهر (mâher)possessing skill, skilled
Portuguese talentoso, habilidoso
- talentosopossessing skill, skilled
- habilidosopossessing skill, skilled
Romanian priceput
- priceputpossessing skill, skilled
Russian иску́сный, уме́лый
- иску́сный (iskúsnyj)possessing skill, skilled
- уме́лый (umélyj)possessing skill, skilled
- ло́вкий (lóvkij)possessing skill, skilled
Scottish Gaelic làmhach, teòma
- làmhachpossessing skill, skilled
- teòmapossessing skill, skilled
- sgileilpossessing skill, skilled
Spanish hábil, habilidoso
- hábilpossessing skill, skilled
- habilidosopossessing skill, skilled
- habilosopossessing skill, skilled
- capipossessing skill, skilled
- caperuzopossessing skill, skilled
Swedish skicklig
- skickligpossessing skill, skilled
Thai เก่ง, มีฝีมือ
- เก่ง (gèng)possessing skill, skilled
- มีฝีมือpossessing skill, skilled
Turkish yetenekli, becerikli
- yeteneklipossessing skill, skilled
- beceriklipossessing skill, skilled
Urdu ماہر
- ماہر (māhir)possessing skill, skilled
Vietnamese giỏi, khéo léo
- giỏipossessing skill, skilled
- khéo léopossessing skill, skilled
- khéopossessing skill, skilled
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with skillful
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
skillful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skillful
MLA
“skillful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skillful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skillful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skillful.
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