talented

adjective

Definition of talentednext
as in gifted
having a special ability to do something well; having talent a highly talented athlete As a writer, she is enormously talented.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talented
  1. gifted
  2. skilled
  3. skillful
  4. proficient
  5. educated
  6. experienced
  7. accomplished
Adjective
  • Of course this was a Mets season that saw them at 22-33 at the end of May and then turn it around under a calm, gifted rookie manager named Carlos Mendoza, and become the best team in baseball from there until the end of the regular season.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Book of the Month Club: get your first book for $5 Those people in your life who prefer books over most other things won’t be able to stop talking about a gifted subscription to the Book of the Month club.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of gifted
Adjective
  • Managing Teams Through Worker Shortages The shortage of selectively skilled workers with limited experience challenges leaders to balance immediate needs with long-term growth.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The team is resolutely focused on improving these performances and fielding competitive drivers, with Jay Guy confirming the necessity of combining skilled drivers with adequate sponsorship backing.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of skilled
Adjective
  • There are dozens of really skillful clergy and educators in this country who are doing this all the time, and it can be done.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
  • As Bears coach, Ditka was confident enough in his position to accept the involvement of the irascible, disrespectful but skillful defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan as necessary to the team’s Super Bowl success.
    Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of skillful
Adjective
  • The diffuser and flyaway tamers were both proficient in controlling strands gone awry and helped dry our hair evenly.
    Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Any proficient software developer or AI specialist would right away be suspicious that the simplest of entries is causing lengthy latency.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of proficient
Adjective
  • Moreover, in trade, understanding potential hazards is fundamental to making educated decisions.
    Boris Kreiman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The ability for teens to make logical, educated decisions is muddied by an array of factors: their lack of life experience, their vulnerability to peer pressure and their underdeveloped brain maturity.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of educated
Adjective
  • The terrain in and near the park can be challenging in winter — serious ice climbers and winter hikers flock here for the steep cliffs and technical ascents — but plenty of local guides are ready to help less experienced adventurers.
    Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Outlook: The Gators need an experienced backup for Lagway.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of experienced
Adjective
  • Sugano, 35, enters Major League Baseball as one of Japan’s more accomplished arms.
    Johnny Flores, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Buy Now: Tilt on Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Audition, Katie Kitamura (April 8) Intimacies author Katie Kitamura’s tense new novel, Audition, begins with a Manhattan lunch date between an accomplished theater actor and a troubled man who is young enough to be her son.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of accomplished
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