multiskilled

adjective

Definition of multiskillednext
as in well-rounded

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Recent Examples of multiskilled Training a worker to become a multiskilled crafter can take up to six months. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiskilled
  1. well-rounded
  2. versatile
  3. adaptable
  4. multitalented
  5. skilled
  6. protean
  7. universal
  8. proficient
Adjective
  • No Canadian player is as early for meetings, training sessions and bus departures as the well-rounded right back.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Our editors liked how well-rounded this one was in both flavor and consistency.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of well-rounded
Adjective
  • In 2025, the first chime of bells from a mountain pavilion at dawn, accompanied by a gentle morning greeting, creates a space where each collection is experienced independently and explores the versatile expressions of Songmont’s design language.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • No team had ever made the playoffs after back-to-back 100-loss seasons, so to make it after three in a row was unthinkable, especially after one of their versatile pitchers was sidelined in spring training.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of versatile
Adjective
  • Promotional images and films conjured a playful, adaptable and benevolent house — plastic as the building block of family happiness.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Such hands-on learning, in turn, develops versatile, adaptable talent, producing graduates who can pivot across jobs as industries, technologies and opportunities evolve.
    — Raghupathy Sivakumar, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of adaptable
Adjective
  • Yet competing on the same level of Usher — one of the most gifted and multitalented performers of recent decades — is a lot to ask of, well, anyone.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Tim Curry, a multitalented star of the stage and screen, died Tuesday at his home at the age of 80.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of multitalented
Adjective
  • Guadagnino has always been skilled in his choice of music (Sufjan Stevens’ alt-pop in Call Me by Your Name, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pounding EDM in Challengers).
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Oilers general manager Stan Bowman has added Podkolzin and traded for Howard in an effort to bring skilled youth to the roster.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of skilled
Adjective
  • What launched in a modest nook between two floors of the Palazzo del Casinò now occupies its own island in the lagoon — evolving from festival curiosity into a key hub for a protean art form.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the novel properly belongs to Jordan, a creation as canny and protean as the story itself.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of protean
Adjective
  • In states without universal vote-by-mail programs, individuals must request absentee ballots ahead of time.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Anxious and Hairy, at once personal and universal, is a gift to curious minds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of universal
Adjective
  • Charles is dark and brooding, but proficient in manly pursuits.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Often a parent hears a child speaking English with friends or siblings and assumes the child is already proficient and has exited the program, Villarreal said.
    — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of proficient

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“Multiskilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiskilled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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