Definition for Competent:

• Suitable; fit; adequate; able; having legal capacity or power; properly belonging.

Synonyms for Competent:

• adj.

  •able (adjective)
  • equal,
  • polished,
  • know the answers,
  • no slouch,
  • wicked,
  • pertinent,
  • au fait,
  • know the ropes,
  • endowed,
  • know one's stuff,
  • paid one's dues,
  • know ins and outs,
  • being a pistol,
  • suitable,
  • on the ball,
  • know the score,
  • know one's business,
  • skilled,
  • appropriate,
  • savvy,
  • complete,
  • crisp,
  • dynamite,
  • fool,
  • adapted.
  •effective (adjective)
  • potent.
  •efficacious (adjective)
  • puissant.
  •knowing (adjective)
  • educated,
  • erudite,
  • informed,
  • cognizant,
  • canny,
  • well-informed,
  • shrewd,
  • intellectual,
  • streetwise,
  • wise,
  • intelligent,
  • omniscient,
  • learned,
  • encylopedic.
  •powerful (adjective)
  • commanding,
  • vigorous,
  • forceful,
  • authoritative,
  • masterful,
  • strong,
  • mighty,
  • energetic,
  • controlling.
  •skillful (adjective)
  • agile,
  • accomplished,
  • adept,
  • genius,
  • nimble,
  • Sure-footed,
  • deft,
  • talented,
  • apt,
  • expert,
  • crack,
  • handy,
  • adroit,
  • ambidextrous,
  • dexterous,
  • cunning,
  • artful,
  • crafty,
  • facile,
  • versatile.

• n.

  •
  • reasonable,
  • tolerable,
  • respectable,
  • fine.
  •
  • gifted,
  • transliterate,
  • sane,
  • accountable.
  •
  • appeal,
  • arraign,
  • allow,
  • good,
  • cite,
  • claim,
  • affirm,
  • bring,
  • call,
  • appear.
  •
  • excess.
  •adequate (noun)
  • fair,
  • acceptable.
  •competent (noun)
  • workmanlike.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • knowledgeable.
  •
  • reliable.
  •
  • comfortable.
  •equal to
  • up to.
  •Other relevant words:
  • competency,
  • constitutional,
  • proper,
  • definitely,
  • sound,
  • catch,
  • just,
  • purely,
  • practised,
  • worthy,
  • enlightened,
  • preeminent,
  • assuredly,
  • turn over,
  • eligible,
  • highway,
  • discerning,
  • scratch,
  • business,
  • allot,
  • totally,
  • superior,
  • cogent,
  • smart,
  • enable,
  • behavior,
  • ace,
  • contribute,
  • power,
  • direction,
  • qualify,
  • DO,
  • deserved,
  • functional,
  • Justiciable,
  • operative,
  • confident,
  • path,
  • necessarily,
  • congruous,
  • rightful,
  • juridical,
  • empowered,
  • efficiency,
  • securely,
  • primed,
  • gain,
  • utilizable,
  • senior,
  • overqualified,
  • bright,
  • commensurate,
  • positively,
  • ample,
  • deed,
  • character,
  • course,
  • capacity,
  • legitimate,
  • Sharp-witted,
  • stable,
  • resourceful,
  • suited,
  • prevail,
  • justified,
  • certainly,
  • perfectly,
  • independent,
  • all right,
  • considerable,
  • sanctioned,
  • effectual,
  • important,
  • valid,
  • apposite,
  • ex officio,
  • travel,
  • Hegemonic,
  • generation,
  • capable of,
  • allowable,
  • imaginative,
  • quick,
  • consequential,
  • Plenipotent,
  • okay,
  • useful,
  • way,
  • occupancy,
  • enterprise,
  • master,
  • rowan,
  • material,
  • practiced,
  • declare,
  • autocratic,
  • flawlessly,
  • equipped,
  • unwasteful,
  • minimum,
  • become,
  • affair,
  • leading,
  • trained,
  • suffice,
  • profession,
  • licit,
  • mete out,
  • lawmaking,
  • rower,
  • get,
  • quick-witted,
  • whiz-bang,
  • veteran,
  • consonant,
  • almighty,
  • kosher,
  • competently,
  • sensible,
  • be current,
  • licensed,
  • afford,
  • extend,
  • impart,
  • occupation,
  • thoroughly,
  • legal,
  • influential,
  • circulate,
  • Habile,
  • ready,
  • ranking,
  • hegemonistic,
  • business firm,
  • absolutely,
  • walk,
  • rank,
  • conduce,
  • authorized,
  • meet,
  • authoritarian,
  • first-rate,
  • wholly,
  • surely,
  • Keen-witted,
  • finished,
  • pass on,
  • competence,
  • Consummately,
  • manage,
  • potential,
  • brilliant,
  • go,
  • authority,
  • judicial,
  • individualistic,
  • up,
  • of use,
  • expedient,
  • totalitarian,
  • tangible,
  • prepared,
  • company,
  • weighty,
  • give,
  • clearly,
  • checked out,
  • sage,
  • graduate,
  • proportionate,
  • confession,
  • in practice,
  • compatible,
  • ruling,
  • statutory,
  • submit,
  • merited,
  • balanced,
  • well up in,
  • creative,
  • plenty,
  • right,
  • streamlined,
  • spread,
  • skilful,
  • Fitted,
  • corresponding,
  • prominent,
  • top-notch,
  • fit for,
  • sagacious,
  • wizard,
  • momentous,
  • ascendant,
  • capability,
  • masterly,
  • due,
  • competitive,
  • supreme,
  • main,
  • great,
  • row,
  • dominant,
  • barely sufficient,
  • capably,
  • fitting,
  • Sufficing,
  • imperative,
  • matter,
  • dispense,
  • utterly,
  • hackneyed,
  • authorization,
  • condign,
  • warranted,
  • multipotent,
  • undoubtedly,
  • appreciable,
  • initiated,
  • ingenious,
  • legit,
  • fully,
  • feat,
  • within the law,
  • substantial,
  • ok,
  • taught,
  • actionable,
  • actually,
  • proficiently,
  • self-assured,
  • thrifty,
  • minimal,
  • conditional,
  • prestigious,
  • possession,
  • occur,
  • publish,
  • monocratic,
  • pro,
  • absolute,
  • self-reliant,
  • correspondent,
  • economic,
  • tier,
  • thing,
  • journeyman,
  • omnipotent,
  • productive,
  • bold,
  • successful,
  • serviceable,
  • layer,
  • fitted for,
  • adjusted,
  • distribute,
  • acquire,
  • go on foot,
  • faultlessly,
  • ably,
  • applicable,
  • lawful,
  • deliver,
  • official,
  • authorised,
  • becoming,
  • legislative,
  • apply,
  • governing,
  • eminent.

Paraphrases for Competent:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    incompetent.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    proper, corresponding, authorised, specialised, correct, meritorious, valid, ably, satisfactory, clever, sufficient.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Abilities, Duties.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    enforcement.
  • Verb, past tense
    commissioned, mandated, entrusted, empowered.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    covers, controls, oversees, follows.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    proficient, knowledgeable, well-qualified, empowered, talented, competitive, able, authoritative, trained, well-informed, well-trained, respective, professional, skilful, appropriate, skilled, excellent, competence, applicable, accountable, qualified, adequate, legitimate, responsible.
  • Proper noun, singular
    appropriate, skilled, competence, qualified, responsible.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    skilful, competence, responsible.
  • Verb, past tense
    qualified, responsible.

Antonyms for Competent:

• adj.

  • able
    incapable, insufficient, inefficient, inadequate, unsuitable, incompetent, impotent, unskilled, unable, unqualified, inept.
  • Other antonyms:
    despotic, improper, unseasoned, arbitrary, feckless, unschooled, inapposite, new, unjustified, inapplicable, undue, unwarranted, biased, useless, inferior, unequal, irrelevant, unprepared, indefensible, untested, unfair, worthless, unmerited, unjustifiable, undeserved, untrained, incoherent, unreasonable, unjust, green, raw, illegitimate, partial, untried, inappropriate, disqualified, unsatisfactory, unlawful, Irrelative, beginning, poor, incorrect, inequitable.