Proficient

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, n. [L. proficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
     proficere to go forward, make progress; pro forward + facere
     to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Profit}, (?)]
     One who has made considerable advances in any business, art,
     science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as,
     proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music,


     etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proficient \Pro*fi"cient\, a.
     Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed
     of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proficient
       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" [syn: {adept}, {expert}, {good}, {practiced},
              {skillful}, {skilful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "proficient":
     Daedalian, able, accomplished, ace, adapted, adept, adequate,
     adjusted, adroit, apt, archetypical, artist, artiste, artistic,
     au fait, authoritative, authority, bravura, brilliant, capable,
     checked out, classic, clean, clever, competent, consummate,
     coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, deft,
     developed, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, effective, effectual,
     efficacious, efficient, equal to, excellent, exemplary, exercised,
     experienced, expert, fancy, finished, first-rate, fit, fitted,
     fully developed, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious,
     knowledgeable, magisterial, master, masterful, masterly, mature,
     matured, model, neat, no mean, past master, perfected, polished,
     politic, practiced, productive, professional, qualified, quick,
     quintessential, quite some, ready, refined, resourceful, ripe,
     ripened, skilled, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish,
     suited, tactful, talented, the compleat, the complete, top-notch,
     up to, veteran, virtuoso, well-done, well-fitted, well-qualified,
     well-suited, well-versed, whiz, wizard, workmanlike