competent

Meaning

1. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
2. Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
3. Adequate for the purpose.
4. Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
5. Permeable to foreign DNA.
6. Resistant to deformation or flow.

Synonyms

capable

able

qualified

efficient

fit

skilled

skillful

sufficient

adequate

suitable

talented

expert

good

👍

proficient

accomplished

skilful

enough

literate

eligible

adequate to

having jurisdiction

enjoying full rights

clever

proper

apt

fixed

full

grammatical

having

hot

🥵

legitimate

meet

much

pat

pertinent

possible

potent

practical

productive

professional

reliable

respectable

responsible

rightful

satisfactory

self-made

self-reliance

self-taught

shifty

sound

🔉

Translations

compétent

competente

competent

kompetent

deskundig

bekwaam

competente

zuständig

bevoegd

competente

capable

qualifié

ικανός

αρμόδιος

sachkundig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒmpətənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: competent

Cognate with French: compétent

Cognate with Dutch: competent

Cognate with German: kompetent

Cognate with Danish: kompetent

In summary

From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).