competentadjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/C1 able to do something well:
a competent secretary/rider/cook
I wouldn't say he was brilliant but he is competent at his job.
Opposite
incompetent
More examples
- She has shown herself to be a highly competent manager.
- She's extremely competent and industrious - an asset to the department.
- It's a competent enough piece of writing but it has no flair.
- Charlie can cope here without you - he's perfectly competent.
- They are a very competent group of people, but they lack flexibility and originality.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- clutch
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- have sth down to a fine art idiom
- intimate 1
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- resource
- slick
- workmanlike
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competently
adverb uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt.li/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt.li/
I thought she played the role very competently.