What are the opposite words for inept?
Inept is a word that denotes a lack of competence or skill. Some antonyms for inept are skilled, proficient, capable, adroit, able, competent, and skillful. Skilled implies having the necessary knowledge, experience, and dexterity to perform a task with ease and accuracy. Proficient suggests a high degree of competence and mastery in a particular field or activity. Capable suggests possessing the ability to perform or achieve something successfully. Adroit is used to describe someone who is clever, resourceful, and quick-witted. Able suggests having the necessary aptitude, knowledge, and capacity to accomplish something. Competent refers to possessing the requisite qualities, qualifications, or abilities for a task or role. Finally, skillful suggests having superior technical ability or expertise in a specific craft or activity.
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- skillful
- perfect
- expert
- qualified
- strong
- creative
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- artful
- canny
- competent
- consummate
- deft
- experienced
- fit
- graceful
- inventive
- masterful
- perceptive
- proficient
- quick
- sly
- talented
- versatile
- able
- ace
- adequate
- brilliant
- capable
- crack
- dexterous
- efficient
- gifted
- handy
- imaginative
- ingenious
- neat
- nimble
- professional
- resourceful
- responsible
- seasoned
- shrewd
- trained
- versed
- capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- skilled in activity
- exhibiting expertise in some activity
- very able
- enough, able
- very able or skilled
- quick to learn
- skillful; cunning
- very intelligent
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- nearby
- ultimate, best
- super, first-rate
- artistic, imaginative
- agile, clever
- ingenious, proficient
- adept, effective
- knowledgeable, knowing
- knowledgeable, proficient
- suitable, appropriate
- talented, intelligent
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- not suitable; improper
- clever; brilliant
- expert, skilled
- clever, practiced
- dexterous, smart
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- able, skillful
- trustworthy, mature
- clever, intelligent
- able, talented
- clever, devious
- healthy, powerful
- adjustable, flexible
- experienced, informed
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- skillful
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perfect
- Indefectible,
- beyond compare,
- a ok,
- defectless,
- ex celling,
- ex-celling,
- in-defectible,
- more a ok,
- more a-ok,
- more aok,
- more defectless,
- more indefectible,
- more out of this world,
- more out-of-this-world,
- most a ok,
- most a-ok,
- most aok,
- most defectless,
- most indefectible,
- most out of this world,
- most out-of-this-world,
- out-of-this-world,
- sub lime,
- sub-lime,
- un equaled,
- un marred,
- un tainted,
- un tarnished,
- un-blemished,
- un-equaled,
- un-marred,
- un-tainted,
- un-tarnished.
- expert
- qualified
-
strong
- heavy-duty,
- well-built,
- hard as nails,
- able bodied,
- ablebodied,
- in fine feather,
- more heavy duty,
- more heavy-duty,
- more heavyduty,
- more well built,
- more well-built,
- more wellbuilt,
- most heavy-duty,
- most heavyduty,
- most well built,
- most well-built,
- most wellbuilt,
- un yielding,
- un-yielding,
- well built,
- well made,
- wellbuilt,
- wellfounded,
- wellmade.
-
creative
- inventive,
- originative,
- Demiurgic,
- Deviceful,
- in spired,
- in-spired,
- leading-edge,
- leadingedge,
- more demiurgic,
- more deviceful,
- more innovational,
- more leading edge,
- more leading-edge,
- more leadingedge,
- most demiurgic,
- most deviceful,
- most innovational,
- most leading edge,
- most leading-edge,
- most leadingedge,
- most originative.
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- artful
- canny
-
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.
- consummate
- deft
-
experienced
- broken in,
- seasoned,
- vet,
- 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.
- fit
- graceful
- inventive
- masterful
- perceptive
- proficient
- quick
- sly
- talented
- versatile
-
able
- competent,
- effortless,
- equal to,
- powerful,
- smart,
- there,
- end owed,
- end-owed,
- know backwards and forwards,
- know backwards forwards,
- know one onions,
- know one's onions,
- know ones onions,
- know onions,
- know ropes,
- more efficient,
- more intelligent,
- most efficient,
- pre pared,
- pre-pared,
- therer,
- therest,
- up it,
- up snuff,
- up speed,
- up to it,
- up to snuff,
- up to speed.
- ace
- adequate
- brilliant
-
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 old timer,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- most capable,
- most dynamite,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- most old-timer,
- most oldtimer,
- old timer.
- crack
- dexterous
- efficient
- gifted
- handy
- imaginative
- ingenious
- neat
- nimble
- professional
- resourceful
- responsible
- seasoned
- shrewd
- trained
- versed
-
capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- able.
- skilled in activity
-
exhibiting expertise in some activity
- ace.
- very able
- enough, able
- very able or skilled
-
quick to learn
- apt.
- skillful; cunning
- very intelligent
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- nearby
- ultimate, best
- super, first-rate
- artistic, imaginative
-
agile, clever
- deft.
- ingenious, proficient
- adept, effective
- knowledgeable, knowing
- knowledgeable, proficient
-
suitable, appropriate
- fit.
- talented, intelligent
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- not suitable; improper
- clever; brilliant
- expert, skilled
-
clever, practiced
- neat.
- dexterous, smart
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- able, skillful
- trustworthy, mature
- clever, intelligent
- able, talented
-
clever, devious
- sly.
- healthy, powerful
- adjustable, flexible
- experienced, informed
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Other relevant words
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- all-around,
- apposite,
- approved,
- apropos,
- authorized,
- balanced,
- blameless,
- brainy,
- bright,
- commendable,
- companionate,
- compatible,
- congenial,
- congruous,
- consonant,
- correct,
- creditable,
- decent,
- decorous,
- diplomatic,
- easy,
- effortless,
- encouraged,
- endorsed,
- exemplary,
- facile,
- fine,
- fortunate,
- genteel,
- germane,
- gracious,
- harmonious,
- intelligent,
- irreproachable,
- judicious,
- kosher,
- licensed,
- logical,
- material,
- opportune,
- passable,
- pat,
- permitted,
- pointed,
- polished,
- prepared,
- professional,
- protean,
- prudent,
- rational,
- ready,
- reasonable,
- relative,
- relevant,
- respectable,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sanctioned,
- sane,
- sapient,
- satisfactory,
- seasonable,
- seasoned,
- seemly,
- sensible,
- smart,
- smooth,
- sound,
- supported,
- tactful,
- talented,
- timely,
- tolerable,
- trained,
- valid,
- versatile,
- well-advised,
- wise,
- overqualified.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
