habile

adjective

Definition of habilenext
as in capable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habile
  1. capable
  2. adept
  3. skilled
  4. able
  5. skillful
  6. proficient
  7. competent
  8. masterly
Adjective
  • If given more opportunity, the late-blooming 2018 fourth-round pick is capable of carving out a niche in the majors.
    Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The page says that the family did not believe the accused was capable of the act before the incident and says that the family suffered two losses that day.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of capable
Adjective
  • Managers in the solar industry are adept at making novice salespeople like Colvin push through the job’s darkness.
    Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Many owners of Indian Creek and other ultra-luxury properties around the world are adept at concealing ownership through anonymous holding companies.
    Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of adept
Adjective
  • This could exacerbate inequalities in the job market by increasing demand for highly skilled workers while marginalizing others.
    Adrian Stelmach, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Tuna is big business in Japan, where highly skilled chefs transform the iridescent fish into mouth-watering sashimi, sushi and nigiri.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of skilled
Adjective
  • Rice’s playing time in Ohio was sporadic, but Johnson sees how spending a season at that high level has made Rice able to see the game from a new perspective.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Or at least tire companies like Goodyear do, having amassed enough testing data to be able to simulate them accurately enough to shave months off a development schedule.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of able
Adjective
  • The future in question is a refreshing discography of musical projects strung together by his soulful croons, innovative production tenets, and skillful storytelling rivaled only by his catalog itself.
    Kenneth J. Williams Jr., Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • To be good at Below Deck is to be skillful at two jobs, both the one on the boat and the one as a practitioner of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of skillful
Adjective
  • Since many trainees aren’t fluent in English, part of the training involves taking English classes to become more proficient in the language.
    Gary Stern, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Making dumb, fun genre shows that are heavy on vibes and generally proficient with mechanics.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of proficient
Adjective
  • Many of the reforms proposed here would require an activist and competent state, which suggests that quite a few countries would need to monumentally overhaul their governments’ operations.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • With figures suggesting global branding agencies were worth $5.2 billion in 2023, this is clearly a competent and expert sector.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of competent
Adjective
  • Margaret Thatcher says), diary excerpts, and tasteful, evocative sound design, a masterly sequence of the attack embodies the series’ unforgettable blend of elegance and savagery.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • What sets Ives apart is his masterly fusion of disparate materials: tattered old tunes, newfangled dissonances, received classical forms, self-fashioned streams of consciousness.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of masterly
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