Synonyms of practiced

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adjective

ˈprak-təst 

variants also practised

1

as in skilled

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

a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in skillful

accomplished with trained ability

a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skillful
• artistic
• expert
• adroit
• virtuoso
• masterly
• artful
• workmanlike
• creative
• masterful
• dexterous
• deft
• competent
• capable
• dextrous
• adept
• bravura
• able
• delicate
• smooth
• adequate
• fancy
• cunning
• ingenious
• facile
• neat
• clever

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• crude
• rude
• amateurish
• artless
• ineffective
• unprofessional
• awkward
• clumsy
• unskillful
• ineffectual
• incompetent
• inept
• klutzy

practiced

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verb

variants also practised

past tense of practice

as in exercised

to do over and over so as to become skilled

in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exercised
• studied
• drilled
• repeated
• perfected
• ran over
• refined
• rehearsed
• prepared (for)
• reviewed
• pointed (for)
• worked (at or on)
• trained (with)
• grooved
• wrought (at or on)

Examples of practiced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Harrison is a visionary like László, but his practiced charm is undercut by an absence of humanity. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2024

Though Biden has struggled to articulate the case against Trump, Harris did so with the precision and sharpness of a practiced prosecutor. —Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024

Somebody who is a practiced politician like Biden will internalize and rehearse lines. —Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024

And so Bryan would eventually meet his nemesis when he was confronted by an orator even more practiced, clever, and dramatic than he. —Brenda Wineapple, TIME, 28 June 2024