Proficient

Adjective

 * 1) Good at; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
 * He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
 * 1) * 1912:, , Chapter 5
 * By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient.

Synonyms

 * skilled, fluent, practiced

Noun

 * 1) An expert.

Synonyms

 * expert

Adverbs for Proficient
obviously;  unmistakably;   marvelously; amazingly; emphatically; unfailingly; miraculously; singularly; curiously; indubitably; skilfully; expertly; remarkably; unsurpassably; matchlessly; profoundly; dexterously; deftly; felicitously; confidently; cunningly; admirably; commendably; consummately.

Thesaurus
Daedalian, able, accomplished, ace, adapted, adept, adequate, adjusted, adroit, apt, archetypical, artist, artiste, artistic, au fait, authoritative, authority, bravura, brilliant, capable, checked out, classic, clean, clever, competent, consummate, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, developed, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, equal to, excellent, exemplary, exercised, experienced, expert, fancy, finished, first-rate, fit, fitted, fully developed, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, handy, ingenious, knowledgeable, magisterial, master, masterful, masterly, mature, matured, model, neat, no mean, past master, perfected, polished, politic, practiced, productive, professional, qualified, quick, quintessential, quite some, ready, refined, resourceful, ripe, ripened, skilled, skillful, slick, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suited, tactful, talented, the compleat, the complete, top-notch, up to, veteran, virtuoso, well-done, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, well-versed, whiz, wizard, workmanlike

Etymology
From proficiens:, present participle of proficere: < pro: + facere:; see fact.

Adjective

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 熟練, 熟练,  諳練,  谙练
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ; (of language)
 * French:
 * German: tüchtig,,  , befähigt, bewandert, erfahren, sachkundig, geübt
 * Hindi:


 * Icelandic:, snjall
 * Japanese: 熟練 ,
 * Manx: aghtal
 * Norwegian: flink
 * Russian:, искусный,  компетентный
 * Swedish: sakkundig, erfaren
 * Turkish: becerikli, ehliyetli, kabiliyetli, mahir, mütehassıs, usta, uzman, yeterli

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Fachmann, Fachfrau, Meister, Meisterin


 * Hindi:
 * Turkish: usta

Related terms

 * profit
 * profitability
 * profitable
 * profiteer
 * proficiency