Skilful

What do we mean by skilful?

Having reason; endowed with mind; thinking; rational.

Conforming to reason or right; reasonable; proper

Having trained and practised faculties; possessing practical ability; well qualified for action; able; dexterous; expert.

Having ability in a specified direction; versed; experienced; practised: followed by a qualifying phrase or clause.

Displaying or requiring skill; indicative of skill; clever; adroit: as, a skilful contrivance.

Synonyms Dexterous, Expert, etc. (see adroit), adept, conversant, proficient, accomplished, qualified, intelligent, masterly.

See skilful. adjective

Possessing skill, skilled. adjective

Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude adjective

Possessing skill, skilled.

A (most likely mythical) African bum disease. Occasionally heard as part of the following joke: Urban Dictionary

Skil means being responsible, and not a dick. It also means to have common sense. It is of nordic descent, and has been used for centuries. It is pronounced (sheel) and can be used in a variety of ways such as: Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to skilful:
skilful, skillful, skinful.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word skilful:
manoeuvring, dribbling, playmaker, draughtsman, lua, manoeuvre, negotiator, winger, gallant, diplomacy, manipulation, bowler, forwards, striker, handling, diplomat, accurate, attacking, determination, talented, brilliant, tactical, prolific, finest, forward, bowling, intelligent, ball, excellent, physician, skill, tactics, aggressive, ability, defender, pursuit, creative, accomplished, considerable, manner, capable, balance, colour, player, defence, enemy, innovative, retreat, eye, renowned, goals, superior, opponent, powerful, offensive, painter.

Words that rhyme with skilful:
wilful, thrillful.

Adjectives that are often used to describe skilful:
least, most, more, little, thorough, astonishingly, right, japanese, long, poor, rustic, general, uncommonly, smooth.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective skilful:
use, management, hand, hands, physician, handling, artist, manner, manipulation, treatment, surgeon, diplomacy, teacher, workman, workmen, player, means, assistance, writer, arrangement, physicians, painter, combination, manoeuvres, operator, artists, fingers, application, politician, pilot, commander, manoeuvring, general, adaptation, engineer, leader, manoeuvre, tactics, leadership, gardener, practitioner, hunter, master, musician, guidance, direction, architect, workers, diplomatist, engineers, soldier, artisans, performance, execution, propaganda, officer, generals, performer, officers, questioning, retreat, doctor, workmanship, manager, players, piece, pilots, disposition, mechanic, craftsman, navigator, teachers, surgeons, pen, hunters, masters, selection, movements, eye, conduct, operation, construction, tactician, observer, seaman, worker, defence, leaders, craftsmen, archer, rider.

Consonant match to skilful:
skillful.

Words that sound like skilful:
skillful, skilful, skillfully, skiffle, skilfully, scuffle, soulful, skinful, scalpel, unskillful, schoolfield, cilial, willful, wilful, skilling, skiffing, zealful, sefl, scuffles, scuffled, sulfa, skelf, silyl, cephal, sulpha, scuffler, songful, skillet, sinful, skittle, scaffold, scalia, scalf, skyla, scala, soulfully, scuffing, scola, stifel, skilly, sculling, skala, salal, skulling, selfing, stiffel, skalla, schiphol, solfa, schelling, scovell, saffle, scoopful, saffell, scovel, scovil, sighful, selfish, self help, cfl, self-will, self will, schooling, scowling, scaling, scoffing, woelfel, wailful, thrillful, healful, selfie, skeletal, scuttle, scully, skully, skelly, sailfish, scoville, skelet, scuffy, skelley, school bell, self-rule, uncle phil, safal, sail fish, skellum, stealthful, self rule, civil, cilia, cilla, guileful, cila, sackful, cilf, psylla, guilfoyle, civile, cyla.