Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having or showing or requiring special skill;
- Example: "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"- Example: "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"- Example: "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"- Example: "a skilled trade"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Skilled \Skilled\, a.
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
skilled
adj 1: 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" [ant: unskilled]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "skilled":
accomplished, adept, adept in, at concert pitch, at home in,
career, coached, conversant, crack, crackerjack, expert, expert at,
finished, good at, handy at, initiate, initiated, master,
master of, masterful, masterly, old, old-time, practical,
practiced, prepared, primed, professional, proficient in, seasoned,
skilled in, skillful, strong in, technical, trained, up on, versed,
versed in, vet, veteran, well up on, well-versed