Proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expert mean having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Proficient implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice
Adept implies special aptitude as well as proficiency Definition of adept adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Skilled stresses mastery of technique.
Having a natural ability to do… See examples of adept used in a sentence. In the days of medieval latin, an adeptus was a person who had learned the secrets of alchemy Although an adept person today cannot turn lead into gold, the adjective is still high praise meaning skilled, expert, highly proficient.
Someone who is adept at something can do it skillfully He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media. He is adept at landscaping difficult lots.
