Synonyms of crackerjack

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adjective

1

as in skillful

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

a crackerjack photographer who gets the news photo that is reprinted around the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skillful
• skilled
• adept
• expert
• proficient
• experienced
• good
• great
• virtuoso
• talented
• masterful
• veteran
• gifted
• ace
• practiced
• accomplished
• masterly
• master
• consummate
• educated
• complete
• crack
• practised
• versed
• professed
• capable
• competent
• adroit
• trained
• clever
• compleat
• deft
• qualified
• slick
• efficient
• handy
• dexterous
• employable
• polished
• effective
• dextrous
• old
• workmanlike
• sure-handed
• knowledgeable
• all-round
• taught
• refined
• able
• schooled
• effectual
• fitted
• well-rounded
• fit
• multitalented
• long-term
• all-around
• multiskilled
• habile
• tutored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• inexperienced
• incompetent
• unskilled
• inexpert
• unseasoned
• inept
• amateurish
• weak
• incapable
• unqualified
• unprofessional
• unable
• artless
• unskillful
• unfit
• crude
• would-be
• jackleg
• new
• ineffective
• unfitted
• ineffectual
• inefficient
• rude
• untrained
• beginning
• green
• ignorant
• inexperienced
• untutored
• unschooled
• raw
• untalented
• unseasoned
• untested
• primitive
• untaught
• untried
• ungifted
• rough
• unpolished
• clumsy
• talentless
• awkward
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• heavy-handed

2

as in excellent

of the very best kind

a crackerjack book on the history of rock music

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• terrific
• wonderful
• superb
• great
• lovely
• stellar
• awesome
• fabulous
• fantastic
• beautiful
• marvelous
• marvellous
• prime
• fine
• hot
• classic
• first-rate
• famous
• quality
• slick
• neat
• top-notch
• first-class
• superlative
• heavenly
• cool
• sensational
• splendid
• brave
• blue-ribbon
• top
• sterling
• cracking
• top-shelf
• divine
• superior
• dynamite
• dandy
• exceptional
• topflight
• nifty
• grand
• first-string
• high-class
• good
• groovy
• prize
• swell
• frontline
• bang-up
• blue-chip
• unsurpassed
• banner
• peachy
• choice
• topping
• immense
• primo
• fab
• par excellence
• boss
• keen
• too much
• fantabulous
• gangbuster
• tip-top
• noble
• dope
• corking
• bumper
• wizard
• boffo
• gangbusters
• prizewinning
• decent
• number one
• out of this world
• radical
• out-of-sight
• top-of-the-line
• mean
• righteous
• gone
• supernal
• jim-dandy
• capital
• bully
• special
• gilt-edge
• better
• bonny
• No. 1
• five-star
• A-OK
• A1
• bonnie
• adequate
• down
• brag
• hype
• phat
• four-star
• peachy keen
• satisfactory
• gilt-edged
• okay
• numero uno
• traditional
• acceptable
• classical
• OK
• passable
• fancy
• premium
• all right
• high-grade
• tolerable
• high-test
• standard
• select
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• terrible
• lousy
• rotten
• awful
• wretched
• pathetic
• atrocious
• vile
• bad
• inferior
• substandard
• unsatisfactory
• low-grade
• execrable
• mediocre
• middling
• second-class
• second-rate

crackerjack

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noun

ˈkra-kər-ˌjak 

variants also crackajack

1

as in virtuoso

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond

Synonyms & Similar Words

• virtuoso
• scholar
• master
• specialist
• hand
• expert
• guru
• wizard
• hotshot
• ace
• geek
• shark
• proficient
• maestro
• fan
• whiz
• professional
• artist
• sharp
• consultant
• adept
• pro
• connoisseur
• maven
• fiend
• past master
• meister
• mavin
• dab
• authority
• dab hand
• cognoscente
• buff
• craftsman
• journeyman
• enthusiast
• devotee
• aficionado
• hired gun
• addict
• mistress
• Renaissance man
• afficionado
• jack-of-all-trades
• all-rounder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• novice
• apprentice
• neophyte
• beginner
• inexpert
• nonexpert
• layman
• dilettante
• dabbler
• nonprofessional

2

as in beauty

something very good of its kind

the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beauty
• honey
• phenomenon
• peach
• humdinger
• doozie
• ripsnorter
• wonder
• doozy
• corker
• beaut
• gem
• ripper
• snorter
• something else
• doozer
• sweetheart
• sockdologer
• pippin
• lollapalooza
• daisy
• dream
• standout
• knockout
• dandy
• sockdolager
• dilly
• nifty
• pip
• hot stuff
• jim-dandy
• plum
• diamond
• prodigy
• marvel
• sensation
• lulu
• hummer
• cat's meow
• jewel
• bee's knees
• catch
• pearl
• treasure
• crown jewel
• imperial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failure
• disappointment
• turkey
• lemon
• loser
• bust
• flop
• dud
• stinker
• letdown

Examples of crackerjack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

If peanuts and crackerjacks are more your speed, catch a Madison Mallards game at Warner Park on the city's north side. —Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023

He, too, was drawn to freediving, eventually becoming a crackerjack rescue driver, assigned to guide and, if necessary, save imperiled divers. —Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023

But what No Hard Feelings does have is a crackerjack Jennifer Lawrence, who manages to be likable even when her dirty deeds are done dirt cheap. —Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 21 June 2023

Smiley’s striking self-possession, even as a child, may owe much to her own mother, a crackerjack journalist. —Joan Frank, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023

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