Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who
has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to
obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;
as, adepts in philosophy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adept \A*dept"\, a.
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
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Beaus adept in everything profound. --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
adept
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: expert, good, practiced,
proficient, skillful, skilful]
n : someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius,
hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
wiz]
WordNet (r) 2.0
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "adept":
Admirable Crichton, Daedalian, able, accomplished, adept in,
adroit, anthroposophist, apt, artisan, artist, artistic,
at home in, attache, authoritative, authority, bravura, brilliant,
cabalist, clean, clever, connaisseur, connoisseur, consultant,
coordinated, cordon bleu, crack, crack shot, crackerjack,
craftsman, cunning, cute, dabster, daedal, dead shot, deft,
dexterous, dextrous, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatist,
elder statesman, esoteric, excellent, experienced hand, expert,
expert at, expert consultant, fancy, good, good at, goodish,
graceful, graduate, handy, handy at, handy man, ingenious,
journeyman, magisterial, mahatma, marksman, master, master of,
masterful, masterly, mystagogue, mystic, neat, no mean, no slouch,
old hand, past master, polished, politic, politician, pro,
professional, professor, proficient, proficient in, quick,
quite some, ready, resourceful, savant, shark, sharp, skilled,
skilled in, skillful, slick, some, specialist, statesman,
statesmanlike, strong in, stylish, supernaturalist, tactful,
technical adviser, technician, the compleat, the complete,
theosophist, transcendentalist, up on, versed, versed in, virtuoso,
well up on, well-done, well-versed, whiz, wizard, workmanlike,
yogi, yogin, yogist
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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