Roget's Thesaurus

#700. Proficient

Nouns

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.