Definitions for proficient



Overview of adj proficient

The adj proficient has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful

(having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching")

2. technical, proficient

(of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing")

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