adept
adept is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
- 2.Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrobat
- admirable
- all
- blade
- business
- campaigner
- chef
- clean
- conjuror
- connoisseur
- crack
- cracksman
- cuisine
- cunning
- dab
- dabster
- dead
- deceiver
- donna
- experienced
- expert
- eye
- fellow
- fiddle
- file
- first
- funambulist
- genius
- good
- gun
- hand
- head
- jobber
- learning
- mahatma
- man
- marksman
- master
- nice
- old
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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