TALENTED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

talented

adjective

Definition of talented

as in gifted

having a special ability to do something well; having talent a highly talented athlete As a writer, she is enormously talented.

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Recent Examples of talented There’s no more talented quartet of perimeter players on one team than James/Brown/Maxey/Edgecombe. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 The story plays out in New York’s cutthroat acting scene, where a talented Indian actor chasing his craft falls under the sway of Keitel’s teacher. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 In August 2025, authorities announced a new visa aimed at attracting young, talented foreigners working in STEM fields. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 The film follows a young woman who navigates her new job by assisting a famously talented and complicated director on a French production of Joan of Arc. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 With Damian Lillard, Ja Morant, Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson, the Blazers have four talented point guards … and don’t forget point forward Deni Avdija, whose breakout 2025-26 season was rooted in the freedom to create with the ball. — Doug Haller, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Staff reductions are expected to be brutal, and with so many duplicative roles across HBO Max and Paramount+, many talented executives will lose their jobs. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 The case for boutiques hasn’t disappeared — there will always be a place for independent advice from talented bankers — but the ground has shifted. — semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 But surely the building’s talented design team could have developed a security plan that better preserved the plaza’s open arms? — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Anderson’s collaboration with this gifted young man nails the one thing that every great concert movie tries gift to those who could not be there for the original moment.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
Each customer there will be gifted custom Rhode postcards and a Rhode metro card that can be used at participating Sephora stores in Paris to receive a skin care sample with any Rhode purchase while supplies last.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of gifted

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

But be that guy that can be skillful, a bruiser, fast and tough.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
As Musashi scrambles through a school of Samurai, the game seamlessly bounces between skillful swordplay, rowdy improvisation, and Looney Tunes-style levity.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of skillful

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

Adjective

Of course Charles would be suspicious of this pretty, educated girl who shows up out of nowhere, refuses to share what brought her here, and has clearly ensnared Adam.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Right now, many jobs are booming due to AI, while preliminary studies on the impact of AI on jobs and wages remain educated guess work, as their own authors caution.

— Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of educated

Adjective

The column also presents the military leadership cuts as a reason for concern about the resilience of democratic institutions, especially if experienced leaders are removed while the administration concentrates power.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
At least one experienced appraiser told The Associated Press that a diamond of such size and quality could be worth a fourth of that — still an impressive find.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of experienced

Adjective

And now there is Trudie’s Tavern, which opened this past summer in Carroll Gardens, a smart little restaurant that’s the most ambitious, and the most accomplished, of the three.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Born in Washington, DC, in 1895 to an accomplished family, Eslanda graduated from Columbia University and became the first Black head histological chemist at New York Presbyterian.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

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