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What is the adjective for skills?

What's the adjective for skills? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb skill which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

skilled

Having or showing skill; skillful.
Requiring special abilities or training.
Synonyms:

practised, accomplished, experienced, expert, master, professional, proficient, skilful, competent, elite, masterly, able, adept, brilliant, capable, consummate, deft, dextrous, good, qualified, savvy, skillful, specialist, trained, versed, adroit, crack, crackerjack, dexterous, exceptional, facile, fine, genius, gifted, handy, leading, masterful, polished, practiced, schooled, seasoned, talented, tasty, virtuoso, ace, educated, efficient, excellent, great, ingenious … more

Examples:

“Each implement was handmade using hand-forged metal parts fitted with wooden pieces crafted by a skilled carpenter.”

skillless

Without skill; unskilled, inept.
Examples:

“If someone skillless and slow might be useful that day, Warner told me to come in.”

“It may appear skillless for a preacher to snub the simple aspirations of his audience so brutally.”

skilful

possessing skill, skilled.
Synonyms:

expert, able, deft, experienced, masterly, professional, skilled, trained, accomplished, clever, competent, handy, practiced, practised, adept, adroit, apt, dextrous, dexterous, proficient, virtuoso, consummate, gifted, master, quick, talented, capable, efficient, good, polished, tasty, artful, brilliant, great, ingenious, ready, smart, versed, ace, crack, crackerjack, genius, mean, nifty, well versed, wicked, wizard, compleat, habile, a dab hand at … more

Examples:

“The craft-work too was beautiful and went to show how beauty can be created by skilful hands and patience.”

“A Turkish study reported that traditional bone-setters who are skilful in their job are very successful in their society.”

“It is so rewarding to experience theatre that is serious, thought provoking, skilful and local.”

skill-less

Alternative spelling of skillless
Synonyms:

skill

(Britain, slang, 1980s-1990s) great, excellent.

skilly

(Scotland, Northern England) Skilled, skilful.

skilless

Alternative form of skillless

skillful

Possessing skill.
Synonyms:

expert, adept, proficient, skilled, accomplished, competent, masterful, masterly, practiced, versed, able, ace, brilliant, consummate, dexterous, dextrous, gifted, good, great, master, polished, practised, tasty, virtuoso, adroit, capable, deft, educated, genius, ingenious, talented, apt, complete, crack, crackerjack, experienced, habile, handy, learned, mean, nifty, pro, professed, savvy, trained, versant, veteran, whiz, wizard, artful … more

Examples:

“In demonstrating his versatility, he shows himself to be as much skillful artisan as easy-going metaphysician.”

“One successful formula involves the skillful alternation between aerobic and anaerobic training.”

“Even the most clever, adroit, and skillful legislature cannot achieve zero risk in human affairs.”

skillsome

Characterised or marked by skill
Examples:

“You can't go trustin' folks what lassoop words so skillsome as him.”

skilfull

Archaic form of skilful.
Examples:

“A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.”

skillfulest

superlative form of skillful: most skillful

skilfulest

superlative form of skilful: most skilful

skilling

present participle of skill

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