able
adjective
the university attracts able students from across the UK:
intelligent, clever, brilliant, talented, skilful, skilled, accomplished, gifted, masterly, virtuoso, expert;
proficient, apt, good, adroit, adept, qualified, fit, suited, suitable;
capable, competent, efficient, effective;
informal genius.
▷antonyms incompetent, incapable, inept.
| choose the right word | able, competent, capable, efficient |
| See competent. | |
able Oxford Dictionary of English