Synonyms of the word

competent

• adj. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
• adj. (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
• adj. Adequate for the purpose.

able

• adj. (obsolete, passive) Easy to use.
• adj. (obsolete, passive) Suitable; competent.
• adj. (obsolete, dialectal, passive) Liable to.
• adj. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• adj. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
• adj. (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
• adj. (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
• adj. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
• adj. (law) Legally qualified or competent.
• adj. (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make ready.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To dress.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
• n. (military) The letter "A".^Wp.

adequate

• adj. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient;.
• v. (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
• v. (obsolete) To equal.

capable

• adj. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something;…
• adj. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with…

effective

• adj. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
• adj. Producing a decided or decisive effect.
• adj. Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
• adj. Actually in effect.
• adj. (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
• n. (military) A soldier fit for duty.

efficient

• adj. Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of…
• adj. Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful…
• adj. Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change. (Rare except in philosophical…
• adj. (proscribed, old use) Effective.

qualified

• adj. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
• adj. Restricted or limited by conditions.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of qualify.

skilled

• adj. Having or showing skill; skilful.
• adj. Requiring special abilities or training.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of skill.

workmanlike

• adj. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.
• adj. Done competently but without flair.