skilled

[ skild ]

adjective

1. having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
2. showing, involving, or requiring skill, as certain work.

skilled

/ skɪld /

adjective

1. possessing or demonstrating accomplishment, skill, or special training
2. prenominal involving skill or special training

   a skilled job

Other Words From

• multi·skilled adjective
• non·skilled adjective
• over·skilled adjective
• under·skilled adjective
• well-skilled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of skilled¹

First recorded in 1545–55; skill ¹ + -ed ³

Synonym Study

See skillful.

Example Sentences

Those skilled in gerrymandering draw district boundaries that ensure decade-long protection for the ruling party.

From Science News

The system, based on recent inspections, acts as a jumping-off point for choosing a skilled nursing facility, but may not reflect the current situation at a home.

From Voice of San Diego

On their own, Adebayo and Robinson are both important, skilled, highly valuable players that every NBA team wishes they had.

From FiveThirtyEight

Highly-skilled professionals across sectors have a leg up when employers cherry-pick roles to reward.

From Quartz

Researchers have long argued for a more nimble education system, but universities and even most online courses currently exist for the dominant purpose of ensuring people are adequately skilled to contribute to the economy.

From Singularity Hub 

The North Korean hackers have proven to be a persistent adversary, if not the most skilled one.

From The Daily Beast

One that has been repeated in my life so much that I am now skilled in completely erasing it.

From The Daily Beast

However, the enormous benefits that low-skilled immigrants provide more than make up for that relatively small cost.

From The Daily Beast

The issue of low-skilled immigration naturally provokes intense nativist sentiments.

From The Daily Beast

Medicaid is required to cover people in skilled nursing facilities, that is, institutions.

From The Daily Beast

A baronet scientifically skilled in pugilism, enjoyed no pleasure so much as giving gratuitous instructions in his favorite art.

From Project Gutenberg

How many in Melbourne injure wealth and brain, I leave to more skilled and morose critics.

From Project Gutenberg

A certain gentleman, not well skilled in orthography, requested his friend to send him too monkeys.

From Project Gutenberg

Furnished all the brain power anyway, and skilled labor outranks muscle at any time.

From Project Gutenberg

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining boats and skilled boatmen, this was a slow and dangerous undertaking.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• able
• adept
• experienced
• proficient