What are the opposite words for incompetent?
Competent refers to a person who possesses the necessary skills or qualifications to perform a task or job effectively. Thus, the antonyms of incompetent would be competent or skilled. The opposite of incompetent could also include capable, efficient, proficient, adept, accomplished, expert, expert, qualified, or proficient. Individuals who are considered competent have the ability to work independently without requiring too much guidance or support. These characteristics are often highly valued by employers and can result in better job opportunities, promotions, and recognition. In contrast, individuals who are incompetent may struggle to complete basic tasks and may require additional support to achieve their goals.
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- good
- skillful
- qualified
- intelligent
- effective
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- competent
- deft
- experienced
- fit
- proficient
- self-sufficient
- talented
- able
- adequate
- capable
- decent
- efficient
- gifted
- imaginative
- incisive
- ingenious
- professional
- resourceful
- responsible
- trained
- versed
- capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- skilled in activity
- all
- very able
- enough, able
- very able or skilled
- able to perform
- adapted
- cut out for
- sufficient, tolerable
- agile, clever
- productive, persuasive
- adept, effective
- knowledgeable, knowing
- suitable, appropriate
- pleasant, fine
- unskillful, unable
- clever; brilliant
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- able, skillful
- trustworthy, mature
- able to take care of oneself
- able, talented
- experienced, informed
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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good
- good,
- De Luxe,
- incorrupt,
- rad,
- recherche,
- tip-top,
- uncontaminated,
- well-disposed,
- first class,
- Supereminent,
- Superexcellent,
- firstrate,
- firstclass,
- Undecayed,
- fit to eat,
- bullier,
- bulliest,
- de-luxe,
- ex tensive,
- first rate,
- fit eat,
- in corrupt,
- in culpable,
- in nocent,
- in tact,
- in-corrupt,
- in-culpable,
- in-nocent,
- in-tact,
- lily white,
- lilywhite,
- more approving,
- more commending,
- more favoring,
- more incorrupt,
- more justified,
- more paying,
- more recherche,
- more super eminent,
- more super excellent,
- more super-eminent,
- more supereminent,
- more tip top,
- more tip-top,
- more uncontaminated,
- more undecayed,
- more well disposed,
- more well-disposed,
- more welldisposed,
- most approving,
- most commending,
- most incorrupt,
- most justified,
- most paying,
- most recherche,
- most super eminent,
- most super excellent,
- most super-eminent,
- most super-excellent,
- most supereminent,
- most tip top,
- most tip-top,
- most toward,
- most uncontaminated,
- most undecayed,
- most well disposed,
- most well-disposed,
- most welldisposed,
- radder,
- raddest,
- re gular,
- re liabler,
- re liablest,
- re-gular,
- re-liable,
- re-liabler,
- re-liablest,
- super eminent,
- super excellent,
- super-eminent,
- super-excellent,
- tip top,
- un contaminated,
- un damaged,
- un decayed,
- un hurt,
- un impaired,
- un spoiled,
- un tainted,
- un-blemished,
- un-contaminated,
- un-corrupted,
- un-damaged,
- un-decayed,
- un-hurt,
- un-impaired,
- un-spoiled,
- un-tainted,
- well disposed,
- well mannered,
- wellbehaved,
- welldisposed,
- wellfounded.
- skillful
- qualified
- intelligent
- effective
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
-
competent
- know the score,
- pertinent,
- all around,
- being a pistol,
- being pistol,
- fooler,
- foolest,
- know answers,
- know business,
- know ins and outs,
- know ins outs,
- know one business,
- know one stuff,
- know one's business,
- know one's stuff,
- know ones business,
- know ones stuff,
- know score,
- know the answers,
- paid dues,
- paid one dues,
- paid one's dues,
- paid ones dues.
- deft
-
experienced
- broken in,
- vet,
- Worldlywise,
- VETER,
- well-versed,
- in the know,
- been around,
- been there,
- having on the ball,
- having something ball,
- having something on ball,
- having something the ball,
- having the ball,
- in know,
- knowing one stuff,
- knowing one's stuff,
- knowing stuff,
- more well versed,
- more well-versed,
- more wellversed,
- most well versed,
- most well-versed,
- most wellversed,
- sportest,
- vetest,
- well versed,
- wellversed,
- worldly wise.
- fit
- proficient
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self-sufficient
- on one's own,
- self-sufficing,
- self-sustained,
- self-sustaining,
- Self-dependent,
- doing one own thing,
- doing one thing,
- doing one's own thing,
- doing one's thing,
- doing ones own thing,
- doing ones thing,
- doing own thing,
- doing thing,
- in dependent,
- in dividual,
- in-dependent,
- in-dividual,
- more self dependent,
- more self sufficing,
- more self supported,
- more self sustained,
- more self sustaining,
- more self-dependent,
- more self-sufficing,
- more self-supported,
- more self-sustained,
- more self-sustaining,
- more selfdependent,
- more selfsufficing,
- more selfsupported,
- more selfsustained,
- more selfsustaining,
- more unit,
- most self sufficing,
- most self supported,
- most self sustaining,
- most self-dependent,
- most self-sufficing,
- most self-supported,
- most self-sustained,
- most self-sustaining,
- most selfdependent,
- most selfsupported,
- most unit,
- on one own,
- on ones own,
- on own,
- out for number one,
- self dependent,
- self sufficient,
- self sufficing,
- self supported,
- self supporting,
- self sustaining,
- selfconfident,
- selfdependent,
- selfsufficient,
- selfsufficing,
- selfsupported,
- selfsupporting,
- selfsustaining.
- talented
- able
- adequate
-
capable
- fireball,
- oldtimer,
- veteran,
- knowing the score,
- has what it takes,
- has what takes,
- having goods,
- having know how,
- having know-how,
- having knowhow,
- having right stuff,
- having the goods,
- having the right stuff,
- knowing score,
- like a one man band,
- like a one-man band,
- like a oneman band,
- like a pistol,
- like one man band,
- like one-man band,
- like oneman band,
- like pistol,
- more dynamite,
- more fireball,
- more intelligent,
- more old timer,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- most capable,
- most dynamite,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- most old-timer,
- most oldtimer,
- old timer,
- up snuff.
- decent
- efficient
- gifted
- imaginative
- incisive
- ingenious
- professional
- resourceful
- responsible
- trained
- versed
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capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- able.
- skilled in activity
- all
- very able
- enough, able
- very able or skilled
- able to perform
- adapted
- cut out for
- sufficient, tolerable
-
agile, clever
- deft.
- productive, persuasive
- adept, effective
- knowledgeable, knowing
-
suitable, appropriate
- fit.
-
pleasant, fine
- good.
- unskillful, unable
- clever; brilliant
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- able, skillful
- trustworthy, mature
- able to take care of oneself
- able, talented
- experienced, informed
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
putting gear
- Antonyms:
- close, disenchant, disgust.
