About The Word Adept
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Adept
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What's The Definition Of Adept?
[n] someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
[adj] having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adept: ace | expert | genius | good | hotshot | maven | practiced | proficient | sensation | skilful | skilled | skillful | star | virtuoso | whiz | whizz | wiz | wizard Related Terms | Find terms related to Adept: able | accomplished | adept in | Admirable Crichton | adroit | anthroposophist | apt | artisan | artist | artistic | at home in | attache | authoritative | authority | bravura | brilliant | cabalist | clean | clever | connaisseur | connoisseur | consultant | coordinated | cordon bleu | crack | crack shot | crackerjack | craftsman | cunning | cute | dabster | daedal | Daedalian | dead shot | deft | dexterous | dextrous | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatist | elder statesman | esoteric | excellent | experienced hand | expert | expert at | expert consultant | fancy | good | good at | goodish | graceful | graduate | handy | handy at | handy man | ingenious | journeyman | magisterial | mahatma | marksman | master | master of | masterful | masterly | mystagogue | mystic | neat | no mean | no slouch | old hand | past master | polished | politic | politician | pro | professional | professor | proficient | proficient in | quick | quite some | ready | resourceful | savant | shark | sharp | skilled | skilled in | skillful | slick | some | specialist | statesman | statesmanlike | strong in | stylish | supernaturalist | tactful | technical adviser | technician | the compleat | the complete | theosophist | transcendentalist | up on | versed | versed in | virtuoso | well up on | well-done | well-versed | whiz | wizard | workmanlike | yogi | yogin | yogist See Also | expert | track star Adept In Webster's Dictionary \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who
has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to
obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See {Apt}, and cf. {Adapt}.]
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;
as, adepts in philosophy.
\A*dept"\, a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. --Cowper. |
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