on the ball

adjective

Roget 698: skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart etc. (active) 682; proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant etc. (knowing) 490.    experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished.    clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive etc. 515; shrewd, sharp, on the ball etc. (intelligent) 498; cunning etc. 702; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet.    neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for.    technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian^†, shipshape; workman-like, business-like, statesman-like.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: advertent, agile, agog, alert, alive, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, awake, aware, bright, careful, clear-sighted, clear-witted, clearheaded, concentrated, conscious, diligent, earnest, finical, finicking, finicky, heedful, intense, intent, intentive, keen, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, nimble, observant, observing, on the, on the alert, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, regardful, sharp, sleepless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake ... show more.

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