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Synonyms for talented

  • adjective

Most common

clever accomplished gifted sharp-witted

All synonyms

Adjective

gifted, clever, smart, able, bright, accomplished, keen, sharp-witted, brainy, ingenious, well-endowed, endowed

Antonyms

untalented, thick, dull-witted

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Endowed with one or more talents.

Choose the right word

Talented, Able, Gifted or Clever?

The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • clever The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.
  • accomplished Imagine yourself having already accomplished that.
  • gifted Didn't you know Tom is an extremely gifted artist?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
talentedrising
cleverrising
accomplishedfalling
giftedsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
able2, keen1
5 letters
smart1
6 letters
bright1, clever2, gifted2, brainy2
7 letters
endowed2
9 letters
ingenious3
12 letters
accomplished3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (able2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
doué
Italiano
dotato
Deutsch
begabt