adj
Meaning 1
Possessing skill; skilled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- she's a skillful mechanical
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
skillful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈskɪl.fəl/
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[ˈskɪɫ.fəɫ]
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rhymes with -ɪlfəl
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CMU ARPABET: S K IH1 L F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Requiring skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- a skillful task
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
done with delicacy and skill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nice bit of craft
- a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
- a nice shot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nice
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
126 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: i dhën — possessing skill, skilled
- Arabic: مَاهِر (māhir) — possessing skill, skilled
- Arabic: حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq) — possessing skill, skilled
- Arabic: بَارِع (bāriʕ) — possessing skill, skilled
- Armenian: ճարտար (čartar) — possessing skill, skilled
- Old Armenian: գէտ (gēt) — possessing skill, skilled
- Asturian: duechu — possessing skill, skilled
- Asturian: ardidosu — possessing skill, skilled
- Asturian: arteru — possessing skill, skilled
- Asturian: mañeru — possessing skill, skilled
- Asturian: amañáu — possessing skill, skilled
- Basque: trebe — possessing skill, skilled
- Bulgarian: сръчен (srǎčen) — possessing skill, skilled
- Bulgarian: ловък (lovǎk) — possessing skill, skilled
- Bulgarian: изкусен (izkusen) — possessing skill, skilled
- Catalan: hàbil — possessing skill, skilled
- Catalan: destre — possessing skill, skilled
- Cebuano: maayo — possessing skill, skilled
- Cebuano: hanas — possessing skill, skilled
- Chinese Mandarin: 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn) — possessing skill, skilled
- Chinese Mandarin: 嫻熟 /娴熟 (xiánshú) — possessing skill, skilled
- Chinese Mandarin: 擅長 /擅长 (shàncháng) — possessing skill, skilled
- East Circassian: хуэӏаз (xwɛʼaz) — possessing skill, skilled
- West Circassian: фэӏаз (fɛʼaz) — possessing skill, skilled
- Czech: dovedný — possessing skill, skilled
- Czech: obratný — possessing skill, skilled
- Czech: zručný — possessing skill, skilled
- Czech: šikovný — possessing skill, skilled
- Danish: skikket — possessing skill, skilled
- Danish: behændig — possessing skill, skilled
- Danish: dygtig — possessing skill, skilled
- Dutch: bedreven — possessing skill, skilled
- Dutch: vaardig — possessing skill, skilled
- Dutch: geschoold — possessing skill, skilled
- Dutch: geschikt — possessing skill, skilled
- Dutch: bekwaam — possessing skill, skilled
- Esperanto: lerta — possessing skill, skilled
- Finnish: taitava — possessing skill, skilled
- Finnish: taidokas — possessing skill, skilled
- Finnish: lahjakas — possessing skill, skilled
- Finnish: etevä — possessing skill, skilled
- French: habile — possessing skill, skilled
- French: adroit — possessing skill, skilled
- West-Frisian: betûft — possessing skill, skilled
- Galician: xeitoso — possessing skill, skilled
- Georgian: მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli) — possessing skill, skilled
- Georgian: მარჯვე (marǯve) — possessing skill, skilled
- Georgian: გაწაფული (gac̣apuli) — possessing skill, skilled
- Georgian: ოსტატური (osṭaṭuri) — possessing skill, skilled
- German: geschickt — possessing skill, skilled
- German: gewandt — possessing skill, skilled
- Greek: επιδέξιος (epidéxios) — possessing skill, skilled
- Paraguayan Guarani: pohe — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: दक्ष (dakṣ) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: कुशल (kuśal) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: निपुण (nipuṇ) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: पारंगत (pāraṅgat) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: माहिर (māhir) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: गुणी (guṇī) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hindi: प्रवीण (pravīṇ) — possessing skill, skilled
- Hungarian: ügyes — possessing skill, skilled
- Irish: sciliúil — possessing skill, skilled
- Italian: esperto — possessing skill, skilled
- Italian: destro — possessing skill, skilled
- Italian: provetto — possessing skill, skilled
- Italian: abile — possessing skill, skilled
- Italian: pratico — possessing skill, skilled
- Japanese: 上手 (jōzu) — possessing skill, skilled
- Japanese: 上手な (jōzu na) — possessing skill, skilled
- Japanese: 得意 (tokui) — possessing skill, skilled
- Japanese: 熟練 (jukuren) — possessing skill, skilled
- Japanese: うまい (umai) — possessing skill, skilled
- Khmer: ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) — possessing skill, skilled
- Korean: 잘하다 (jalhada) — possessing skill, skilled
- Korean: 능숙하다 (neungsukhada) — possessing skill, skilled
- Korean: 수 있는 (su inneun) — possessing skill, skilled
- Lao: ເກັ່ງ (keng) — possessing skill, skilled
- Latin: perītus — possessing skill, skilled
- Latin: sollers — possessing skill, skilled
- Latvian: veikls — possessing skill, skilled
- Latvian: izdarīgs — possessing skill, skilled
- Latvian: izmanīgs — possessing skill, skilled
- Manx: aghtal — possessing skill, skilled
- Māori: ringa rehe — possessing skill, skilled
- Māori: kaiaka — possessing skill, skilled
- Māori: raka — possessing skill, skilled
- Mapudungun: trüf — possessing skill, skilled
- Norman: scouotre — possessing skill, skilled
- Norman: mannigat — possessing skill, skilled
- Norwegian: skikket — possessing skill, skilled
- Occitan: abil — possessing skill, skilled
- Old English: cræftig — possessing skill, skilled
- Persian: ماهر (mâher) — possessing skill, skilled
- Portuguese: talentoso — possessing skill, skilled
- Portuguese: habilidoso — possessing skill, skilled
- Romanian: priceput — possessing skill, skilled
- Russian: иску́сный (iskúsnyj) — possessing skill, skilled
- Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — possessing skill, skilled
- Russian: ло́вкий (lóvkij) — possessing skill, skilled
- Sanskrit: ऋभु (ṛbhu) — possessing skill, skilled
- Scots: canny — possessing skill, skilled
- Scots: handy — possessing skill, skilled
- Scots: knackie — possessing skill, skilled
- Scottish Gaelic: làmhach — possessing skill, skilled
- Scottish Gaelic: teòma — possessing skill, skilled
- Scottish Gaelic: sgileil — possessing skill, skilled
- Shan: ၵတ်ႉၶႅၼ်ႇ (kâ̰t khèn) — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: ducho — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: hábil — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: habilidoso — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: mañoso — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: habiloso — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: capi — possessing skill, skilled
- Spanish: caperuzo — possessing skill, skilled
- Swedish: skicklig — possessing skill, skilled
- Tajik: моҳир (mohir) — possessing skill, skilled
- Telugu: ఆరితేరిన (āritērina) — possessing skill, skilled
- Telugu: చేయితిరిగిన (cēyitirigina) — possessing skill, skilled
- Thai: เก่ง (gèng) — possessing skill, skilled
- Thai: มีฝีมือ — possessing skill, skilled
- Turkish: yetenekli — possessing skill, skilled
- Turkish: becerikli — possessing skill, skilled
- Urdu: ماہر (māhir) — possessing skill, skilled
- Vietnamese: giỏi — possessing skill, skilled
- Vietnamese: khéo léo — possessing skill, skilled
- Vietnamese: khéo — possessing skill, skilled
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