skilled
adj/skɪld/
Etymology From skill (noun) + -ed.
1
Having or showing skill; skillful.
- In the Ming Dynasty, a man named Zhang Weiyan in Jiangyin, of Jiangsu Province, was a skilled writer. He was quite well-known in his region.2008 February 27, Zhi Zhen, “Correcting One's Wrongdoings Changes One's Fate”, in Minghui:
2
Requiring special abilities or training.
- The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry.2024 November 4, Terese Eriksen Eldholm, “Norway increases minimum wage rates across key industries”, in Magnus Legal, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2025:
- Synonyms
36 terms
able, artful, habile, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, capable, competent, consummate, conversant, crack, crafty, deft, dexterous, expert, facile, fluent, gain, handy, maestrolike, masterful, masterlike, masterly, masterous, professional, proficient, qualified, quick, ready, skilled, skillful, thoroughbred, tight, practiced, versed- Antonyms
- amateurish, bungling, clumsy, inapt, incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, maladroit, unable, unprofessional, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful
- Derived terms
- a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, low-skilled, multiskilled, multi-skilled, nonskilled, semi-skilled, semiskilled, skilledly, superskilled, underskilled, unskilled
- Related terms
- knowledgeable, skill, efficient, excellent, forte
- Coordinate terms
- low-skilled, semiskilled, semi-skilled