ADEPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adept mean? 

• ADEPT (noun)
  The noun ADEPT has 1 sense:

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

  Familiarity information: ADEPT used as a noun is very rare.

• ADEPT (adjective)
  The adjective ADEPT has 1 sense:

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

  Familiarity information: ADEPT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADEPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard

Hypernyms ("adept" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adept"):

track star (a star runner)

Derivation:

adept (having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude)

• ADEPT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Synonyms:

adept; expert; good; practiced; proficient; skilful; skillful

Context example:

the effect was achieved by skillful retouching

Similar:

skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)

Derivation:

adept (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)

adeptness (skillful performance or ability without difficulty)

 Context examples 

The JAMA article concludes that ultimately, a preventive vaccine could be the only sustainable solution to a fast-changing bug that has proven adept at developing resistance.

(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)

I have heard that she was only one of many, and that he was an adept at the art.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As you advance in age, you become quite adept at handling the latter, and thank goodness for that.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He was too old, too firmly moulded, to become adept at expressing himself in new ways.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Your friend performs delightfully,” he continued after a pause, on seeing Bingley join the group; “and I doubt not that you are an adept in the science yourself, Mr. Darcy.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Especially adept did he become in stalking small living things.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He became an adept at fighting.

(White Fang, by Jack London)