Synonyms and Antonyms of skillful
1
accomplished with trained ability
- the ice skater performed a skillful and graceful series of jumps
adroit, artful, bravura, deft, delicate, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), virtuoso, workmanlike
facile, smooth
artistic, creative, fancy, ingenious, neat
adept, clever, cunning
able, adequate, capable, competent
2
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
- performance testing of automobiles that should be done only by skillful drivers on a closed course
accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, proficient, skilled, versed, veteran, virtuoso
adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed
gifted, talented
polished, refined
effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike
able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified
educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored
all-around (also all-round), well-rounded
long-term, old
multiskilled, multitalented
incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak
artless, crude, rude
ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient
talentless, ungifted, untalented
ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored
beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be
primitive, rough, unpolished
awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed
