Meaning & use
adept
Very skilled or proficient at a particular task or activity through practice.
See it in a sentence
She grew adept at repairing bicycles after helping her father for years.
The negotiator was adept at calming tense situations between the two sides.
A note on using this word
Adept is typically followed by 'at' or 'in', as in 'adept at cooking' rather than 'adept to cooking'.
Words with a similar meaning
skilledproficient
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
ineptclumsy
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