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Competent

/ˈkɒmpətənt/

Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.

📖 Definitions of "Competent"

adjective

1
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
"He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder."
2
Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
"For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court."
3
Adequate for the purpose
4
(of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
adequateverb	Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
efficientnoun	Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
effectivenoun	Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
capable	Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
qualified	Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
workmanlike	Done competently but without flair.
ableverb	Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
incompetentnoun	Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
capable	Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
able	Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
effective	Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
qualified	Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
adequate	Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
efficient	Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
workmanlike	Done competently but without flair.
competencenoun	(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
proficiencynoun	Ability, skill, competence.
proficient	Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
skill	(UK, slang) Great, excellent.
applicable	Suitable for application, relevant.
expertisenoun	Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
expertnoun	A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
suitable	Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
well-qualified	Having the necessary qualifications or expertise for a particular vocation or task.
knowledgeable	Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
proper	Suitable.
well-informed	Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge.
appropriate	Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.