adept
Syllables: a·deptUK/əˈdɛpt/
adept adjective: well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Adjective
adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)
- Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
- Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC
Noun
UK/ˈæd.ɛpt/
adept (plural adepts)
- One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
- adepts in philosophy
- When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
adept meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
adept in Hindi
- well skilled
- प्रवीण pravīṇ, कुशल kuśal, निपुण nipuṇ
- one fully skilled or well versed in anything
- प्रवीण pravīṇ, निपुण nipuṇ
adept in Tamil
- சமர்த்தான, திறமையான, கைவல்லவர், கைவல்லுநர், கைவல்லோன், திறனுடையர்
adept in Marathi
- पारंगत
adept in Urdu
- لائق, پورا, ہنر مند, کاریگر, ماہر
More languagesFewer languages
- adept in Bengali
- দক্ষ, নিপুণ
- adept in Malayalam
- പ്രാവീണ്യമുളള, കൗശലമുളള, വിദഗ്ദ്ധമായ
- adept in Kannada
- ಅರಿಗ, ನಿಪುಣನಾದ, ಚತುರನಾದ, ದಕ್ಷನಾದ
- adept in Punjabi
- ਤਾਕ tāk
- adept in Gujarati
- પારંગત
Examples of adept in a sentence
- John hardly felt the needle prick his arm when the adept nurse drew blood.
- As a politician, he was very adept at speaking mendaciously in public.
- Jim is very adept at summarization.
Antonyms of adept
Forms of adept
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more adept |
| comparative | adepter |
| superlative | most adept |
| superlative | adeptest |
| Noun | |
| plural | adepts |
Origin of adept
Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).
Words formed from adept
Words that rhyme with adept
Questions about adept
- What does adept mean?
- Adept means well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
- What is adept in Hindi?
- Adept in Hindi is प्रवीण (pravīṇ), कुशल (kuśal), निपुण (nipuṇ). See Adept meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adept?
- Adept can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce adept?
- Adept is pronounced /əˈdɛpt/ (UK).
Words near adept in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adept (page history and authors); adept (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adept (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adept (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adept (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adept (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adept (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਾਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); adept (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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