Word forms: plural adeptspronunciation note: The adjective is pronounced (ædept). The noun is pronounced (ædept).
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone who is adeptat something can do it skilfully.
He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media. [+ at]
He is an adept guitar player.
Synonyms: skilful, able, skilled, expert More Synonyms of adept
adeptly (ædeptli)adverb [ADVERB with verb]
The therapist adeptly manipulated and massaged my body.
An adept is someone who is adept at something.
Kitzi was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.
More Synonyms of adept
adept in British English
adjective (əˈdɛpt)
1.
very proficient in something requiring skill or manual dexterity
2.
skilful; expert
noun (ˈædɛpt)
3.
a person who is skilled or proficient in something
Derived forms
adeptly (aˈdeptly)
adverb
adeptness (aˈdeptness)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin adeptus, from Latin adipiscī to attain, from ad- to + apiscī to attain
adept in American English
(əˈdɛpt; also, and for n. always ˈædˌɛpt)
adjective
1.
highly skilled; expert
noun
2. Word forms: ˈadˌept
a person who is highly skilled in some field of knowledge or work; expert
Derived forms
adeptly (aˈdeptly)
adverb
adeptness (aˈdeptness)
noun
Word origin
L adeptus, pp. of adipisci, to arrive at < ad-, to + apisci, to pursue, attain: used in ML of alchemists claiming to have arrived at the philosopher'sstone
Examples of 'adept' in a sentence
adept
We have proved highly adept at using technology to stress ourselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This could have been the headline for a less adept politician.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He is a very skilful player who is adept at using the personnel at his disposal.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Sport helps young people to become more adept at working with others.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The car insurance sector has proved adept at changing but flood insurance is static and failing the public.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You are adept at keeping people 's interest.
Christianity Today (2000)
It is not obvious; players are adept at fooling themselves as well as coaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In time, you will both become adept at spotting just when they are going to peak.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They proved adept at learning English and willingly exchanged things of value for trinkets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If arts venues prove themselves too adept at making money, will funding gradually be withdrawn?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At home she's also become adept at treading on eggshells and putting the best face on things.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These artists seem equally adept at performing with or without a band, and in or out of character.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They are less adept at looking up from their needles without dropping a stitch as they talk, but they are having fun.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And I am as adept as most people when it comes to attempting to fix my car.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That said, he's adept at proving people wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Most men, though, seem to be adept at avoiding violence from other men by the time they reach adulthood.
Stanko, Elizabeth Everyday Violence (1990)
When you see some of the work that students produce, you think it's amazing that young people are so adept at the subjects concerned.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
adept
British English: adept ADJECTIVE
Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media.
American English: adept
Brazilian Portuguese: perito
Chinese: 娴熟的
European Spanish: hábil
French: expert
German: geschickt
Italian: abile
Japanese: 熟達した
Korean: 능숙한
European Portuguese: perito
Latin American Spanish: hábil
Chinese translation of 'adept'
adept
(ˈædɛpt)
adj
adept (at)熟练(練)的 (shúliàn de)
(adjective)
Definition
proficient in something requiring skill
He is an adept guitar player.
Synonyms
skilful
his skilful use of light and shade
able
They are bright, intelligent, able and confident.
skilled
skilled workers, such as plumbers
expert
The faces of the waxworks are modelled by expert sculptors.
masterly
They gave a masterly performance.
practised
a practised and experienced surgeon
accomplished
one of the most accomplished authors of our time
versed
Page is versed in many styles of jazz.
tasty (British, informal)
masterful
a masterful performance of boxing
proficient
Many Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.
adroit
She is a remarkably adroit politician.
dexterous
the composer's dextrous manipulation of pauses and silence
Opposites
awkward
,
clumsy
,
inept
,
unskilled
,
amateurish
,
unco (Australian, slang)
(noun)
Definition
a person skilled in something
He was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.