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Definition of proficient : An expert.

Synonyms:

in force, practiced, ripe, upright, respectable, consummate, honorable, practised, full, ability, veteran, dear, estimable, experienced, skilful, serious, trained, great, nice, professed, safe, master, effective, technological, undecomposed, ingenious, good, unspoilt, well, honest, ace, dependable, versed, secure, transliterate, unspoiled, virtuoso, near, crackerjack, happy, educated, compleat, just, right, salutary, technical, sound, professional, complete, in effect, masterly, beneficial

creative, graceful, aesthetic, tasteful, gifted, beautiful, artistic, sublime, elegant, poetic

clever, genius, deft, able, artful, efficient, agile, crafty, capable, dexterous, masterful, crack, skilled, handy, adept, expert, competent, facile, accomplished, talented, sure-footed, nimble, versatile, cunning, ambidextrous, adroit, apt, skillful

Usage examples:

• But the despatches now published demonstrate that, before he attained middle life, he was a proficient at least in Latin, French, and English composition; for letters in each, written in a very pure style, are to be found in all parts of his correspondence.
• With me also were about two hundred Butianas, all armed with guns of various kinds, for many of these people had guns, though they were not very proficient in the use of them. - "Maiwa's Revenge The War of the Little Hand", H. Rider Haggard.
• So agile were the French and so proficient in irregular warfare that Phips found it difficult to land any considerable detachment in good order. - "The Fighting Governor A Chronicle of Frontenac", Charles W. Colby Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton.