All competent synonyms
com·pe·tent
C c adj competent
- able — Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
- proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- capable — If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
- efficient — (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
- decent — Decent is used to describe something which is considered to be of an acceptable standard or quality.
- skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adapted — If something is adapted to a particular situation or purpose, it is especially suitable for it.
- appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- au fait — If you are au fait with something, you are familiar with it and know about it.
- clever — Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- fit — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- pertinent — pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details.
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- savvy — experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sufficient — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- wicked — evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- know the score — understand the situation
- there — in or at that place (opposed to here): She is there now.
- up to snuff — to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
- up to speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- know one's stuff — If you say that someone knows their stuff, you mean that they are good at doing something because they know a lot about it.
adjective competent
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.