Definition for Deft:

• deft, adj. handy, clever.-- adv. DEFT'LY.-- n. DEFT'NESS. [ M. E. defte, dafte, simple, meek; A.S. ge-dæfte, meek-- dæftan, gedæftan, prepare, make fit; the stem appears in ge-daf-en, to fit.]

Synonyms for Deft:

• adj.

  •able (adjective)
  • savvy,
  • up it,
  • know one onions,
  • pre-pared,
  • therer,
  • pre pared,
  • know ones onions,
  • know backwards forwards,
  • effortless,
  • more talented,
  • more skilled,
  • end-owed,
  • know onions,
  • savviest,
  • smart,
  • end owed,
  • up snuff,
  • powerful,
  • up speed,
  • more intelligent,
  • know ropes,
  • most capable,
  • therest.
  •accurate (adjective)
  • de-fined,
  • un-mistakable,
  • on the money,
  • ultra-precise,
  • on money,
  • most defined,
  • severe,
  • more careful,
  • un erring,
  • de-finite,
  • de finite,
  • de fined,
  • more ultraprecise,
  • most ultraprecise,
  • on nose,
  • ultraprecise,
  • ultra precise,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • explicit,
  • re-gular,
  • faithful,
  • ex act,
  • re gular,
  • de tailed,
  • veracious,
  • dis criminating,
  • more concrete,
  • dis-criminating,
  • dis-criminative,
  • on button,
  • de-tailed,
  • un mistakable,
  • dis criminative,
  • more defined,
  • ex-act,
  • un-erring,
  • unerring.
  •adept (adjective)
  • most hotshot,
  • sharp as tack,
  • most crackerjack,
  • nobody fool,
  • nobody's fool,
  • more hotshot,
  • more wizard,
  • whizer,
  • nobodys fool,
  • on beam,
  • no slouch,
  • on the beam,
  • more crackerjack,
  • on ball,
  • most wizard,
  • whizest.
  •adroit (adjective)
  • foxy,
  • quick the uptake,
  • more up,
  • quickwitted,
  • quick witted,
  • quick uptake,
  • quick on uptake,
  • quick the trigger,
  • quick trigger,
  • most up.
  •agile, clever (adjective)
  • apt,
  • quick,
  • cute,
  • having good hands,
  • crack,
  • skillful,
  • proficient,
  • prompt,
  • skilled,
  • ingenious.
  •all (adjective)
  • deft.
  •cunning (adjective)
  • slippery,
  • sly,
  • feline,
  • witty,
  • sharp,
  • crafty,
  • well-planned,
  • well-laid,
  • designing,
  • clever,
  • shrewd,
  • tricky,
  • artful,
  • astute,
  • wary,
  • devious,
  • serpentine,
  • masterly,
  • canny,
  • slick,
  • wily,
  • Slighty,
  • scheming,
  • smooth,
  • snaky,
  • subtle,
  • calculating.
  •delicate (adjective)
  • fore sighted,
  • fore-sighted,
  • tactical.
  •dexterous (adjective)
  • having the knowhow,
  • nimble fingered,
  • having knowhow,
  • most nimble fingered,
  • more nimble-fingered,
  • having know how,
  • most nimblefingered,
  • more nimble fingered,
  • nimblefingered,
  • having the know how,
  • more nimblefingered,
  • most nimble-fingered.
  •diplomatic (adjective)
  • most opportunistic,
  • more opportunistic,
  • most conniving,
  • most contriving,
  • more conniving,
  • more contriving.
  •efficient (adjective)
  • more well-organized,
  • well organized,
  • more efficient,
  • most well organized,
  • most efficient,
  • potent,
  • most wellorganized,
  • more wellorganized,
  • wellorganized,
  • more well organized,
  • most valuable,
  • most well-organized.
  •facile (adjective)
  • easy,
  • uncomplicated,
  • fluent,
  • fast talk,
  • untroublesome,
  • flipper,
  • shallow,
  • simple,
  • shallower,
  • pushover.
  •quick (adjective)
  • most nimble-witted,
  • more nimble witted,
  • smart as whip,
  • quick the draw,
  • quick draw,
  • quick on draw,
  • more nimble-witted,
  • nimble witted,
  • nimblewitted,
  • most nimblewitted,
  • quickest,
  • more nimblewitted,
  • most nimble witted.
  •ready (adjective)
  • re sourceful,
  • re-sourceful.
  •skillful (adjective)
  • ambidextrous,
  • Sure-footed,
  • agile,
  • capable,
  • competent,
  • accomplished,
  • talented,
  • versatile,
  • genius.
  •slick (adjective)
  • more smoothspoken,
  • smooth spoken,
  • more smooth spoken,
  • most smooth-spoken,
  • most dextrous,
  • more dextrous,
  • most streetwise,
  • more streetwise,
  • smoothspoken,
  • more smooth-spoken,
  • most smooth spoken,
  • most smoothspoken.
  •stylish (adjective)
  • eloquent,
  • stylish,
  • artistic,
  • expressive.
  •tactful (adjective)
  • most poised,
  • under-standing,
  • more poised,
  • under standing.
  •veridical (adjective)
  • veridical.
  •wicked (adjective)
  • wicked,
  • out-standing.
  •witty (adjective)
  • funny,
  • droll,
  • intelligent,
  • inventive,
  • quick-witted,
  • joking,
  • waggish,
  • sparkling,
  • comical,
  • jocular,
  • sophisticated,
  • dry,
  • brilliant,
  • resourceful,
  • scurrilous,
  • facetious,
  • pointed,
  • sarcastic,
  • pithy,
  • urbane,
  • scintillating.

• n.

  •
  • fast,
  • at full speed/tilt/throttle,
  • brisk,
  • swift.
  •
  • clean,
  • good.
  •deft (noun)
  • graceful.
  •dexterous (noun)
  • study at dexterous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • seething,
  • crisp,
  • supersonic,
  • zippy,
  • winged,
  • subsonic,
  • furious,
  • speedy,
  • speeding,
  • high-speed,
  • fleet.
  •
  • accurate,
  • blistering.
  •
  • runaway.
  •
  • flying.
  •
  • strong.
  •agile
  • limber.

Antonyms for Deft:

• adj.

  • agile, clever
    inept, awkward, unskillful, stupid, Unhandy, unskilled, ignorant, unable, slow, incompetent, clumsy.
  • Other antonyms:
    gawky, stiff, crude, incapable, gauche, klutzy, ineffective, rude, shiftless, uneasy, untaught, amateurish, ungainly, uncomfortable, amateur, ungraceful, wooden, ineffectual, artless, untrained, helpless, fumbling, unprofessional, uncoordinated, stilted.

Deft Sentence Examples:

• Like broad white wings, the canvas gradually spread out under the deft, quick hands of the sailors employed in handling it, - the anchor was drawn up in the same swift and silent manner - then there came an instant's pause.

• She swept the jacks towards him with one of her characteristic gestures, free and yet deft.

Homophones for Deft:

• daft, depute, devotee, deep-dye, depot, depth, diabeta, debit, devoid, daybed, deep-eyed, devoted, davit, debut, deputy, deaf-aid, david, devote, duvet, divide, dead body, doubt, DVD, divided, defeat, devout, debate, day bed, dipodidae, deadbeat dad, deathbed, deadbeat, day by day, divot, dubiety, doped, deviate, defeated, dipped, defat, debt.