adept
Very good and skilled at doing something.
adept in a sentence
- Years of practice made Priya adept at juggling; she never dropped a single ball.
- Otters are adept at cracking shells, opening them with quick, skilful paws.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to adept?
- Askilled
- Bawkward
- Cclumsy
- Duseless
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A: skilled. The other three mean the opposite of adept.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to adept?
- Aexpert
- Bskilled
- Cable
- Dclumsy
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D: clumsy. The other three mean nearly the same as adept.
Words that mean something similar
skilled, able, expert
Words that mean the opposite
clumsy, useless, awkward
More words about thinking & learning
- alternative: A different choice that could be used instead.
- amateur: Someone who does an activity for fun rather than as a job.
- ambiguous: Unclear because it could mean more than one thing.
- analyse: To study something closely, part by part.
- apparent: Easy to see or understand; clear.
- assume: To believe something is true without checking it.
- astute: Clever at understanding things and spotting what is really going on.
- attentive: Watching and listening carefully.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test