Synonyms: competent
Definition: adequate for the purpose
Usage: a competent performance
Similar words: equal, adequate
Definition: having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
Usage: she had adequate training; her training was adequate; she was adequate to the job; he was equal to the task
Synonyms: competent
Definition: properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
Usage: a competent typist
Definition: have the skills and qualifications to do things well
Usage: able teachers; a capable administrator; children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
Similar words: effective, efficient
Definition: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
Usage: people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons...-G.B.Shaw; effective personnel; an efficient secretary; the efficient cause of the revolution
Similar words: workmanlike
Definition: worthy of a good workman
Usage: a competent job; the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index