skillful
/ˈskɪl.fəl/
skillful adjective: possessing skill; skilled.
Adjective
skillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful)
- Possessing skill; skilled.
- she's a skillful mechanical
- Requiring skill.
- a skillful task
- Synonyms:
- mean
skillful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
skillful in Hindi
- possessing skill, skilled
- दक्ष dakṣ, कुशल kuśal, निपुण nipuṇ, पारंगत pāraṅgat, माहिर māhir, गुणी guṇī
skillful in Tamil
- skillful, potent, able, capable
- வல் val
- skillful
- வல்ல valla
skillful in Urdu
- possessing skill, skilled
- ماہر māhir
skillful in Bengali
- দক্ষ, নিপুণ
More languagesFewer languages
- skillful in Telugu
- ఆరితేరిన āritērina, చేయితిరిగిన cēyitirigina
- skillful in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰੀਗਰ kārīgar
- skillful in Gujarati
- કરવૈયો karvaiyo
- skillful in Odia
- ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ praśasta
- skillful in Sanskrit
- ऋभु ṛbhu
- skillful in Assamese
- পৈণত poinot
- skillful in Arabic
- مَاهِر māhir, حَاذِق ḥāḏiq, بَارِع bāriʕ
- skillful in Persian
- ماهر mâher
- skillful in Thai
- เก่ง gèng, มีฝีมือ
- skillful in Vietnamese
- giỏi, khéo léo, khéo
Examples of skillful in a sentence
- No player is more skillful than Greg.
- Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
- Their skillful tandem work made the project quick and successful.
Synonyms of skillful
Forms of skillful
| comparative | more skillful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most skillful |
| alternative form | skilfull |
| alternative form | skilful |
Origin of skillful
From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill + -ful.
Words formed from skillful
Words that rhyme with skillful
Questions about skillful
- What does skillful mean?
- Skillful means possessing skill; skilled.
- What is skillful in Hindi?
- Skillful in Hindi is दक्ष (dakṣ), कुशल (kuśal), निपुण (nipuṇ). See Skillful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is skillful?
- Skillful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce skillful?
- Skillful is pronounced /ˈskɪl.fəl/.
Words near skillful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: skillful (page history and authors); வல் (Tamil) (page history and authors); skillful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਾਰੀਗਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કરવૈયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ (Odia) (page history and authors); পৈণত (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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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