adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful
(adjective) 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”
ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
• See also skillful
• inept
adept (plural adepts)
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
• See also skilled person
• pated, taped
Source: Wiktionary
A*dept", n. Etym: [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), adipsci to arrive ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
Definition: One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
A*dept", a.
Definition: Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
