'Practiced' definitions:
Definition of 'practiced'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful]
adjective
Skillful after much practice [syn: practiced, practised]
Definition of 'Practiced'
From: GCIDE
- Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Practiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Practicing.] [Often written practise, practised, practising.]
- 1. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. "Incline not my heart . . . practice wicked works." --Ps. cxli. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. "Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practice your severity." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- As this advice ye practice or neglect. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train. [1913 Webster]
- In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Practiced'
From: GCIDE
- Practiced \Prac"ticed\, a. [Often written practised.]
- 1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Used habitually; learned by practice. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'practiced'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished,
- at concert pitch,
- blase,
- career,
- coached,
- conversant,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- experienced,
- finished,
- initiate,
- initiated,
- knowing,
- mature,
- matured,
- not born yesterday,
- old,
- old-time,
- practical,
- prepared,
- primed,
- professional,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- sagacious,
- seasoned,
- skilled,
- sophisticated,
- technical,
- trained,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- versed,
- vet,
- veteran,
- world-wise,
- worldly,
- worldly-wise
Words containing 'Practiced'
- Practic,
- Practicability,
- Practicable,
- Practicableness,
- Practicably,
- Practical,
- Practicality,
- Practicalize,
- Practically,
- Practicalness,
- Practice,
- Practicer,
- Practicing,
- in practice,
- out of practice,
- Chamber practice,
- Practicable breach,
- Practical chemistry,
- Practical joke,
- Sharp practice,
- dental practice,
- family practice,
- for all practical purposes,
- group practice,
- law practice,
- medical practice,
- practical application,
- practical joker,
- practical nurse,
- practical politics,
- practice bundling,
- practice game,
- practice of law,
- practice of medicine,
- practice range,
- practice session,
- practice teacher,
- private practice,
- sexual practice,
- skull practice,
- target practice,
- licensed practical nurse