skilled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having or showing or requiring special skill
    • only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team
    • a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience
    • a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow
    • a skilled trade

WordNet


Skilled adjective
Definitions
  1. Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.

Webster 1913