adept

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Pronunciation

• (British, America, adjective) IPA: /əˈdɛpt/, /ˈæd.ɛpt/
• (British, America, noun) IPA: /ˈæd.ɛpt/, /ædˈɛpt/

Adjective

adept

1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
   • 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

     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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inept

Translations

• French: expert
• German: geschickt, fähig, geübt, befähigt, erfahren, versiert, bewandert, eingeweiht, kundig
• Portuguese: adepto
• Russian: зна́ющий
• Spanish: experto, hábil

Noun

adept (plural adepts)

1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

   adepts in philosophy

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:

     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.

   • 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:

     Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skilled person

Translations

• French: expert
• German: Meister
• Portuguese: adepto
• Russian: знато́к
• Spanish: experto, experta

Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

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