proficient

Roget category 700

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action

#700. Proficient

noun

proficient, expert, adept, dab — dabster^†, crackerjack — connoisseur etc. (scholar) 492 — master, master hand — prima donna [Sp.], first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer — protagonist — past master — mahatma.
picked man — medallist, prizeman^†.
veteran — old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand — man of business, man of the world.
nice hand, good hand, clean hand — practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand — marksman — good shot, dead shot, crack shot — ropedancer, funambulist^†, acrobat — cunning man — conjuror etc. (deceiver) 548 — wizard etc. 994.
genius — mastermind, master head, master spirit.
cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow — jobber — cracksman etc. (thief) 792^† — politician, tactician, strategist.
pantologist^†, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades — prodigy of learning.

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