skilledadjective
uk/skɪld/us/skɪld/B2 having the abilities needed to do an activity or job well:
My mother is very skilled at/in dressmaking.
Skilled work needs someone who has had special training to do it:
Nursing is a highly skilled job.
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- skilled labour
- highly skilled work
- Bricklaying is a skilled job.
- You can't offer such a low salary to someone who is so highly skilled.
- Average earnings for skilled workers are rising.
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Skilled, talented and able
- able
- ably
- accomplished
- adept
- adroit
- clutch
- expert
- gifted
- handy
- have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
- have inner resources idiom
- intimate 1
- polished
- practised
- preen
- proficient
- proficiently
- qualified
- slick
- workmanlike
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skillednoun [ plural ]
uk/skɪld/us/skɪld/the skilled
people who have been trained for a job
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Experts and specialists
- a mine of information idiom
- academician
- authority
- boffin
- buff
- child prodigy
- consultant
- high priest
- hotshot
- know sth inside out idiom
- literati
- maven
- resident
- superuser
- supremo
- techie
- technician
- technocracy
- technocrat
- virtuoso
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