What are the opposite words for unskilled?
Unskilled refers to the lack of expertise or proficiency in a certain task. Antonyms for this term would be skilled, experienced, knowledgeable, and proficient. These words indicate the possession of a particular set of skills or abilities, which could be developed through practice or training. A person who is skilled is adept and competent in their craft, while an experienced individual has a wealth of knowledge and practice in their field. A knowledgeable individual possesses a deep understanding of a subject, while a proficient individual is adept and skillful in their abilities. In summary, these antonyms for unskilled illustrate proficiency, competence, and expertise in a specific task.
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- craftsperson
- person skilled in art
- excellent
- superior
- skillful
- positive
- perfect
- expert
- good
- qualified
- suitable
- prepared
- knowing
- veteran
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- appropriate
- canny
- competent
- deft
- experienced
- fit
- great
- masterful
- operational
- practical
- proficient
- profitable
- ready
- talented
- teachable
- untrained
- useful
- able
- ace
- capable
- crack
- dexterous
- efficient
- functional
- gifted
- heavyweight
- nimble
- professional
- prone
- seasoned
- smart
- trained
- versed
- capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- skilled in activity
- exhibiting expertise in some activity
- all
- very able
- very able or skilled
- apt
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- very large
- super, first-rate
- agile, clever
- ingenious, proficient
- adept, effective
- superior, wonderful
- knowledgeable, knowing
- knowledgeable, proficient
- suitable, appropriate
- pleasant, fine
- adept physically
- experienced, aware
- expert, skilled
- dexterous, smart
- realistic, useful
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- advantageous; money-making
- liable, likely
- able, skillful
- prepared; available
- able, talented
- appropriate, acceptable
- beneficial, valuable
- experienced, informed
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- craftsperson
- person skilled in art
- excellent
- superior
- skillful
- positive
-
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,
- un equaled,
- un marred,
- un tarnished,
- un-equaled,
- un-marred,
- un-tarnished.
- expert
-
good
- incorrupt,
- rad,
- recherche,
- tip-top,
- uncontaminated,
- well-disposed,
- Supereminent,
- Superexcellent,
- Undecayed,
- fit to eat,
- bullier,
- bulliest,
- ex tensive,
- 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-objectionable,
- un-spoiled,
- un-tainted,
- well disposed,
- well mannered,
- wellbehaved,
- welldisposed,
- wellfounded.
-
qualified
- disciplined,
- warhorse,
- war horse,
- de finite,
- de-finite,
- more catechized,
- more circumscribed,
- more disciplined,
- more quizzed,
- more war horse,
- more war-horse,
- more warhorse,
- most catechized,
- most circumscribed,
- most disciplined,
- most quizzed,
- most war horse,
- most war-horse,
- most warhorse,
- pro visional,
- re served,
- re-served,
- war-horse.
- suitable
- prepared
-
knowing
- percipient,
- witting,
- with-it,
- Sophic,
- de liberate,
- de-liberate,
- in tended,
- in-tended,
- more percipient,
- more sophic,
- more tuned in,
- more tunedin,
- more with it,
- more withit,
- more witting,
- most percipient,
- most tuned in,
- most tuned-in,
- most tunedin,
- most with it,
- most with-it,
- most withit,
- most witting,
- tuned-in,
- tunedin,
- well informed,
- withit.
-
veteran
- from way back,
- long time,
- longtime,
- of the old school,
- knows one stuff,
- knows one's stuff,
- knows ones stuff,
- knows stuff,
- long-time,
- longserving,
- more long time,
- more long-serving,
- more long-time,
- more longserving,
- most inured,
- most long serving,
- most long time,
- most long-serving,
- most long-time,
- most longserving,
- most longtime,
- of old school,
- old time,
- oldtime,
- wise to ways,
- wise ways.
- accomplished
-
adept
- hotshot,
- quick,
- quickest,
- slick,
- there,
- know stuff,
- more crackerjack,
- more hotshot,
- more wizard,
- most crackerjack,
- most hotshot,
- most wizard,
- no dummy,
- no slouch,
- nobody fool,
- nobody's fool,
- nobodys fool,
- on beam,
- on the beam,
- sharp as a tack,
- sharp as tack,
- therer,
- therest,
- up speed,
- up to speed,
- whizer,
- whizest.
- adroit
-
appropriate
- appurtenant,
- on the button,
- be fitting,
- be coming,
- be longing,
- be-coming,
- be-fitting,
- be-longing,
- de served,
- de sired,
- de-served,
- de-sired,
- more appurtenant,
- more belonging,
- more desired,
- more well suited,
- more well-suited,
- more wellsuited,
- most appurtenant,
- most belonging,
- most desired,
- most well suited,
- most well-suited,
- most wellsuited,
- on button,
- re levant,
- re-levant,
- tailor made,
- tailormade,
- well suited,
- well timed,
- well-suited,
- wellsuited,
- welltimed.
- canny
-
competent
- know the score,
- all around,
- being a pistol,
- being pistol,
- de cent,
- de-cent,
- fooler,
- foolest,
- know business,
- know ins and outs,
- know ins outs,
- know one business,
- know one stuff,
- know one's business,
- know one's stuff,
- know ropes,
- know score,
- know the answers,
- paid dues,
- paid one dues,
- paid one's dues,
- paid ones dues.
- 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
-
great
- egregious,
- fab,
- oversize,
- hellacious,
- super-duper,
- superduper,
- highly regarded,
- buller,
- bullest,
- ex tended,
- ex-tended,
- fabber,
- fabbest,
- high minded,
- highminded,
- in-ordinate,
- mondo,
- more hellacious,
- more humongous,
- more super duper,
- more super-duper,
- more superduper,
- more surpassing,
- more transcendent,
- most hellacious,
- most humongous,
- most mondo,
- most oversize,
- most super duper,
- most super-duper,
- most superduper,
- most surpassing,
- out and out,
- out of world,
- out sight,
- out this world,
- out world,
- over-size,
- para mount,
- para-mount,
- pro-longed,
- sub lime,
- sub-lime,
- super duper,
- sur passing,
- sur-passing,
- un mitigated,
- un qualified,
- un-mitigated,
- un-qualified.
- masterful
- operational
-
practical
- doable,
- in operation,
- workaday,
- matter of fact,
- hardboiled,
- unidealistic,
- in action,
- both feet ground,
- both feet on ground,
- both feet on the ground,
- both feet the ground,
- doablest,
- hard boiled,
- more unidealistic,
- more utile,
- most unidealistic,
- most utile,
- most workaday,
- nuts bolts,
- un idealistic,
- un romantic,
- un-idealistic,
- un-romantic.
- proficient
-
profitable
- self-sustaining,
- paid off,
- paying well,
- cost effective,
- costeffective,
- in black,
- more self sustaining,
- more self-sustaining,
- more selfsustaining,
- more sustaining,
- more well paying,
- more well-paying,
- more wellpaying,
- most self sustaining,
- most self-sustaining,
- most well paying,
- most well-paying,
- most wellpaying,
- re warding,
- re-warding,
- self sustaining,
- selfsustaining,
- well paying,
- well-paying,
- wellpaying.
-
ready
- at the ready,
- in line,
- in order,
- in place,
- on hand,
- psyched up,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- all set,
- all systems go,
- at beck and call,
- at beck call,
- at fingertips,
- at ready,
- close hand,
- close to hand,
- in position,
- more adjusted,
- more anticipating,
- more arranged,
- more waiting,
- most adjusted,
- most anticipating,
- most arranged,
- most waiting,
- on brink,
- re sourceful,
- re-sourceful.
- talented
- teachable
- untrained
- useful
- able
- ace
-
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 efficient,
- more fireball,
- more old timer,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- most capable,
- most dynamite,
- most efficient,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- most old-timer,
- most oldtimer,
- old timer,
- up it,
- up snuff,
- up to it,
- up to snuff.
- crack
- dexterous
- efficient
- functional
- gifted
-
heavyweight
- bigtime,
- front page,
- blue chip,
- bluechip,
- four-star,
- fourstar,
- front-page,
- frontpage,
- high power,
- highpower,
- majorleague,
- more four star,
- more four-star,
- more fourstar,
- more front page,
- more front-page,
- more frontpage,
- more high power,
- more high-power,
- more highpower,
- most four star,
- most four-star,
- most fourstar,
- most front page,
- most front-page,
- most frontpage,
- most high power,
- most high-power,
- strictly business.
- nimble
- professional
- prone
- seasoned
- smart
- trained
- versed
-
capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- able.
- skilled in activity
-
exhibiting expertise in some activity
- ace.
- all
- very able
- very able or skilled
- apt
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- very large
- super, first-rate
-
agile, clever
- deft.
- ingenious, proficient
- adept, effective
- superior, wonderful
- knowledgeable, knowing
- knowledgeable, proficient
-
suitable, appropriate
- fit.
-
pleasant, fine
- good.
- adept physically
- experienced, aware
- expert, skilled
- dexterous, smart
- realistic, useful
- skilled, trained
- able, skilled
- advantageous; money-making
- liable, likely
- able, skillful
- prepared; available
- able, talented
- appropriate, acceptable
- beneficial, valuable
- experienced, informed
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
stops in one's tracks
- Antonyms:
- bore, disenchant, disgust.
