qualifiedEnglishOxford English Thesaurusqualified adjective 1 he was a fully qualified engineer: certified, certificated, chartered, licensed, professional; trained, fit, equipped, prepared, competent, knowledgeable, accomplished, proficient, skilled, skilful, adept, practised, experienced, expert, seasoned, capable, able. 2 the report received qualified approval from the colleges: limited, conditional, restricted, bounded, contingent, circumscribed, reserved, guarded, cautious, hesitant, tentative, equivocal; modified, adapted, amended, adjusted, moderated, refined, tempered, lessened, reduced.qualify Oxford Dictionary of English