Better word for qualified

as in suitable

having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance

the candidate has demonstrated that he is amply qualified for the position

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past tense of qualify

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• adj.

  • able (adjective)

  • know backwards forwards,
  • know ropes,
  • therest,
  • up speed,
  • savvy,
  • know ones onions,
  • more talented,
  • therer,
  • know onions,
  • up snuff,
  • more skilled,
  • up it,
  • know one onions,
  • smart,
  • powerful,
  • savviest,
  • more intelligent.

  • able, skillful (adjective)

  • certified,
  • practiced,
  • instructed,
  • Examined,
  • adequate,
  • pro,
  • au fait,
  • proper,
  • tried,
  • wicked,
  • proved,
  • war-horse,
  • licensed,
  • talented,
  • veteran,
  • accomplished,
  • Quizzed,
  • adept,
  • catechized,
  • tested,
  • equipped.

  • all (adjective)

  • qualified.

  • altered (adjective)

  • most amended,
  • trans-formed,
  • most reshaped,
  • re vised,
  • co-oked,
  • most cooked,
  • re formed,
  • most refitted,
  • transformed,
  • re done,
  • more refitted,
  • re-tailored,
  • re tailored,
  • re made,
  • more amended,
  • re modeled,
  • re-modeled,
  • most updated,
  • re-fitted,
  • re-done,
  • more updated,
  • re fitted,
  • most retailored,
  • re-vised,
  • re shaped,
  • more adjusted,
  • remodeled,
  • more retailored,
  • most transformed,
  • more turned,
  • most redone,
  • more cooked,
  • re-made,
  • most turned,
  • up dated,
  • up-dated,
  • co oked,
  • trans formed,
  • more transformed,
  • most adjusted,
  • more redone,
  • more reshaped,
  • re-shaped.

  • capable (adjective)

  • like oneman band,
  • like pistol,
  • more up,
  • more oldtimer,
  • more old timer,
  • having goods,
  • most dynamite,
  • having know how,
  • more dynamite,
  • like a oneman band,
  • more fireball,
  • most old timer,
  • has what takes,
  • most oldtimer,
  • having right stuff,
  • most capable,
  • most fireball,
  • like one man band,
  • like one-man band,
  • most old-timer,
  • old timer,
  • more old-timer,
  • most up,
  • having knowhow,
  • on ball,
  • more suited,
  • like a one man band,
  • knowing score.

  • changed (adjective)

  • reprogrammed,
  • rescheduled,
  • done over.

  • clever (adjective)

  • dexterous dextrous,
  • most egghead,
  • nobodys fool,
  • dexterousdextrous,
  • most knowledgeable,
  • shrewdest,
  • foxy,
  • slick,
  • more crackerjack,
  • more egghead,
  • dexterous-dextrous,
  • many sided,
  • witty,
  • quick trigger,
  • nobody’s fool,
  • quickwitted,
  • re-sourceful,
  • most crackerjack,
  • manysided,
  • re sourceful,
  • wisest,
  • quick witted,
  • nobody fool.

  • comparative (adjective)

  • contrastive,
  • metaphorical,
  • by comparison,
  • with reservation,
  • not absolute,
  • in proportion,
  • not positive.

  • competent (adjective)

  • end owed,
  • de-cent,
  • de cent,
  • end-owed,
  • know ones stuff,
  • being pistol,
  • foolest,
  • know ones business,
  • know ins outs,
  • know business,
  • pertinent,
  • paid ones dues,
  • know answers,
  • paid dues,
  • know one stuff,
  • no slouch,
  • know one business,
  • paid one dues,
  • know score.

  • conditional (adjective)

  • restrictive,
  • iffy,
  • with grain of salt,
  • with strings attached,
  • granted on certain terms,
  • with reservations,
  • Codicillary.

  • cut out for (adjective)

  • de-signed,
  • more designed,
  • most designed,
  • de signed.

  • effectual (adjective)

  • virtuous,
  • more achieving,
  • most accomplishing,
  • de-terminative,
  • most fulfilling,
  • de terminative,
  • forcible,
  • most achieving,
  • more fulfilling,
  • most telling,
  • more accomplishing,
  • most effecting,
  • licit,
  • potent,
  • more telling,
  • more effecting.

  • efficient (adjective)

  • more well-organized,
  • most efficient,
  • wellorganized,
  • more wellorganized,
  • most well organized,
  • most valuable,
  • more well organized,
  • most wellorganized,
  • well organized,
  • most well-organized,
  • more efficient.

  • eligible (adjective)

  • in line for,
  • in the running,
  • most desirable,
  • be coming,
  • capable of,
  • up to.

  • experienced (adjective)

  • having something on ball,
  • having the ball,
  • knowing one stuff,
  • sportest,
  • having something on the ball,
  • knowing ones stuff,
  • knowing stuff,
  • more well-versed,
  • Sporter,
  • most well versed,
  • most well-versed,
  • more well versed,
  • most wellversed,
  • Worldlywise,
  • well versed,
  • having something the ball,
  • wellversed,
  • vetest,
  • more wellversed,
  • in know,
  • having on ball,
  • having something ball,
  • the right stuff,
  • having on the ball.

  • fit (adjective)

  • de-serving,
  • rightful,
  • wellsuited,
  • more correspondent,
  • be-fitting,
  • more well-suited,
  • more wellsuited,
  • more well suited,
  • de serving,
  • most correspondent,
  • well suited,
  • most well-suited,
  • most wellsuited,
  • most well suited.

  • fitted (adjective)

  • tailor made.

  • full-fledged (adjective)

  • fullgrown,
  • most well developed,
  • more well-developed,
  • more well developed,
  • fullfledged,
  • full fledged,
  • most welldeveloped,
  • full grown,
  • well developed,
  • most full fledged,
  • most well-developed,
  • more fullfledged,
  • more welldeveloped,
  • more full fledged,
  • welldeveloped.

  • good (adjective)

  • first rate,
  • firstrate,
  • re-liablest,
  • re-liabler,
  • re liablest,
  • re liabler,
  • re-liable.

  • knowing (adjective)

  • witting,
  • tuned-in,
  • Sophic,
  • percipient,
  • with-it.

  • limited (adjective)

  • limited.

  • limited, restricted (adjective)

  • confined,
  • fixed,
  • provisional,
  • definite,
  • equivocal,
  • bounded,
  • partial,
  • modified,
  • circumscribed,
  • contingent,
  • guarded,
  • determined.

  • modified (adjective)

  • more diminished,
  • most diminished.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • grownup,
  • good at,
  • good enough,
  • completely developed,
  • knowing the score,
  • equal to,
  • comparative,
  • in the know,
  • conditional,
  • knowing,
  • Franchised,
  • battle-scarred,
  • in place,
  • well-qualified,
  • competent,
  • at the ready,
  • good for,
  • up to speed,
  • full-fledged,
  • VETER,
  • capable,
  • been around,
  • experienced,
  • broken in,
  • in the saddle,
  • phenom,
  • tailormade,
  • know stuff,
  • like a pistol,
  • Trainable,
  • well-suited,
  • know the score,
  • refitted,
  • efficient,
  • seasoned,
  • re-formed,
  • prepared,
  • be fitting,
  • know one’s onions,
  • up to it,
  • well-developed,
  • practical,
  • paid one’s dues,
  • Fitted,
  • knowing one’s stuff,
  • able,
  • fit,
  • know one’s stuff,
  • know the answers,
  • has what it takes,
  • effectual,
  • well-versed,
  • having the goods,
  • been there,
  • cut out for,
  • clever,
  • quick on trigger,
  • know ins and outs,
  • up to snuff,
  • all around,
  • fooler,
  • close to hand,
  • familiar with,
  • provisionary,
  • retailored,
  • at beck and call,
  • worldly wise,
  • being a pistol,
  • in full bloom,
  • having the right stuff,
  • responsible,
  • disciplined,
  • expert,
  • fireball,
  • vet,
  • tuned in,
  • spoken for,
  • reserved,
  • set apart,
  • on hand,
  • changed,
  • tester,
  • oldtimer,
  • proficient,
  • at fingertips,
  • privileged,
  • like a one-man band,
  • in position,
  • in line,
  • ready,
  • having know-how,
  • there,
  • transitional,
  • versed,
  • eligible,
  • in force,
  • know one’s business,
  • know backwards and forwards,
  • roped off,
  • good,
  • grown up,
  • reshaped,
  • well-organized,
  • professional.

  • prepared (adjective)

  • prepped,
  • in order,
  • in readiness,
  • set-up,
  • sewed-up,
  • all set,
  • psyched up,
  • psyched-up,
  • sewed up,
  • all systems go,
  • up on,
  • Gaffed,
  • of a mind.

  • privileged (adjective)

  • more empowered,
  • more okayed,
  • most entitled,
  • more franchised,
  • most okayed,
  • more entitled,
  • granted,
  • most franchised,
  • most chartered,
  • most palatine,
  • more granted,
  • most granted,
  • palatine,
  • more chartered,
  • most empowered,
  • more palatine.

  • professional (adjective)

  • more wellqualified,
  • most well-qualified,
  • more well qualified,
  • most wellqualified,
  • well qualified,
  • more well-qualified,
  • wellqualified,
  • most well qualified.

  • proficient (adjective)

  • whizest,
  • more exercised,
  • most exercised,
  • whizer,
  • more drilled,
  • most drilled,
  • on beam,
  • most phenom,
  • on the beam,
  • more phenom.

  • proper (adjective)

  • de-sired,
  • more desired,
  • most desired,
  • de sired.

  • provisional (adjective)

  • more provisionary,
  • stopgap,
  • most transitional,
  • rough and ready,
  • testest,
  • pro visional,
  • most provisionary,
  • pro-visionary,
  • more transitional,
  • pro visionary,
  • de pendent,
  • de-pendent,
  • pro-visional.

  • provisory (adjective)

  • provisory.

  • qualified (adjective)

  • mitigated,
  • Albeit,
  • exceptional,
  • Stipulated,
  • tempered,
  • notwithstanding.

  • ready (adjective)

  • at ready,
  • fixed for,
  • in saddle,
  • close hand,
  • more waiting,
  • more anticipating,
  • at beck call,
  • most waiting,
  • on brink,
  • most anticipating,
  • open to.

  • reserved (adjective)

  • more arrogated,
  • more preempted,
  • re-served,
  • more claimed,
  • most arrogated,
  • most appropriated,
  • more appropriated,
  • most preempted,
  • re served,
  • most claimed,
  • laid away.

  • responsible (adjective)

  • self reliant,
  • selfreliant.

  • seasoned (adjective)

  • more battle scarred,
  • most battlescarred,
  • most battle-scarred,
  • more battlescarred,
  • more weathered,
  • battle scarred,
  • most battle scarred,
  • most weathered,
  • battlescarred,
  • more battle-scarred,
  • most toughened,
  • more toughened.

  • teachable (adjective)

  • teachable.

  • trained (adjective)

  • more disciplined,
  • most disciplined.

  • versed (adjective)

  • more abreast,
  • most abreast.

  • wicked (adjective)

  • out-standing.

• n.

  •
  • blue-collar,
  • casual,
  • acting,
  • deputy,
  • designate,
  • auxiliary,
  • emeritus,
  • budding.
  •
  • broad,
  • worthy,
  • be understood,
  • agreed.
  •
  • knowledgeable,
  • learned,
  • trained,
  • big.

  • cut out for (noun)

  • cut.

  • dependant (noun)

  • dependant.

  • dependent (noun)

  • dependent.

  • hedged (noun)

  • hedged.

  • moderated (noun)

  • moderated.

  • qualified (noun)

  • restricted,
  • registered,
  • weasel-worded.

• v.

  • changed (verb)

  • altered.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)

  • ability.

  • qualified (verb)

  • Allowed,
  • Excepted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • credentialed,
  • literate,
  • uncontested,
  • educated,
  • worldly-wise,
  • cultured,
  • certificated,
  • well-educated,
  • renewable,
  • overqualified,
  • erudite,
  • well-read,
  • consensual,
  • contractual,
  • unanimous,
  • middlebrow.
  •
  • broadly,
  • binding,
  • worldly,
  • well-informed,
  • scholarly,
  • cultivated,
  • well-grounded.
  •
  • intellectual,
  • informed,
  • sophisticated.
  •
  • mechanical.
  •
  • resident.
  •
  • set.

  • Other relevant words:

  • creative,
  • -meister.

How to use «Qualified» in context?

Qualified is a word that is often used to describe someone who is knowledgeable and experienced in a particular area. By definition, a qualified person is someone who has met the educational and/or experience requirements specified by a criterion. For example, to be a doctor, a person must receive a medical degree from a respected school and complete a rigorous medical residency. In the job market, qualifications can also refer to experience or education in a certain field. For example, someone with four years of experience in accounting could be qualified for a accounting position, even if they do not have a college degree in accounting.

Paraphrases for Qualified:

• Equivalence

  • Foreign word
    eligible.
  • Adjective
    skilled.
  • Proper noun, singular
    qualify, skilled.
  • Noun, plural
    skilled.
  • Verb, past tense
    skilled.
  • Verb, past participle
    skilled, trained.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    unqualified, prequalified, highly-qualified, pre-qualified, fully-qualified.
  • Verb, past participle
    disqualified.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    qualifying.
  • Adjective
    able, accepted, acknowledged, adequate, advanced, characterised, classified, enhanced, justified, licenced, limited, mixed, prepared, required, reserved, restricted, selected, so-called, specific, unconditioned, valid, Rated, skills, qualifications, pre-selected, pre-screened.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Appointments, skills, tables, dealers.
  • Noun, plural
    Standards, skills, passes, teachers, results.
  • Verb, past tense
    accepted, accompanied, acknowledged, acquired, added, admitted, advanced, affirmed, appointed, appreciated, arranged, asserted, authorize, between, called, characterised, characterized, classified, conceded, concluded, constituted, credited, declared, defeated, described, designated, duty, earned, eligible, empowered, entitlement, entity, estimated, felt, finished, found, fulfilled, granted, identified, intensified, involved, landed, law, limited, listed, maintained, mounted, named, perceived, placed, ranked, realized, received, represented, requested, required, reserved, restricted, rose, said, secured, stated, suggested, thought, treated, understood, unskilled, warranted, won, Achieved, Argued, Assessed, Awarded, Believed, Belonged, Came, Cited, Claimed, Deemed, Explained, Filed, Gained, Got, Had, Inserted, Knew, Managed, Met, Obtained, Of, Passed, Rated, Referred, Regarded, Termed, Viewed, Were, Derecho, Concurred, Curtailed, Succeeded, Rights, contacted, qualifications, reservations.
  • Verb, past participle
    accepted, accompanied, acknowledged, adapted, addressed, adjusted, admitted, affected, alleviated, altered, appointed, appreciated, armed, assigned, associated, assumed, attached, attenuated, backed, become, bound, branded, called, categorised, categorized, changed, characterised, characterized, chosen, clarified, classified, cleared, closed, collected, competence, composed, conceded, conditioned, confined, confirmed, constrained, contained, coupled, covered, credited, declared, depicted, described, designated, designed, desired, developed, diminished, driven, earned, eased, educated, elected, employed, empowered, endorsed, enrolled, equipped, expected, experienced, expressed, felt, formed, found, fulfilled, funded, gathered, geared, given, governed, graduated, granted, guaranteed, heard, held, identified, included, informed, intended, invested, involved, justified, kept, labeled, landed, lessened, licenced, limited, linked, listed, made, maintained, marked, matched, measurement, mixed, moderated, modified, moved, named, nominated, noted, offset, opened, owned, paid, perceived, placed, planted, pleased, possessed, posted, prepared, produced, put, ranked, realized, received, rehabilitated, reinforced, relieved, reported, requested, required, reserved, restricted, retained, ruled, said, secured, seen, selected, shaped, situated, sorted, spoken, stated, suited, supported, tailored, talented, tempered, thought, tied, titled, treated, understood, valid, Accommodated, Accorded, Achieved, Afforded, Assessed, Attributed, Awarded, Been, Believed, Benefited, Brought, Cited, Claimed, Classed, Dampened, Dealt, Deemed, Delegated, Delivered, Detained, Drafted, Dubbed, Earmarked, Emitted, Enjoyed, Enshrined, Entered, Fitted, Gained, Hampered, Handcuffed, Incurred, Indicated, Influenced, Issued, Judged, Looked, Managed, Met, Obtained, Passed, Rated, Recruited, Referred, Regarded, Talked, Termed, Upheld, Viewed, Communicated, Comprised, Construed, Counted, Created, Curtailed, Stipulated, Subjected, Submitted, Subordinated, Succeeded, Supplied, hailed, evaluated, entrusted, posts, powers, allocated, qualifications, reservations, preparations, positioned, mandated, reinstated, disentitled, nuanced, complemented, diagnosed, subsumed, optimised, criminalized.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    adept, competence, competent, conditional, creditable, educated, eligible, empowered, experienced, graduate, graduated, ideal, knowledgeable, meritorious, proficient, qualification, qualifying, skilful, successful, suitable, talented, trained, unconditional, unskilled, well-educated, well-qualified, nuanced, high-caliber, high-quality, well-trained, low-skilled, high-skilled, highly-skilled.
  • Proper noun, singular
    competent, eligible, qualification, qualifying, trained, qualifications.
  • Noun, plural
    Specialists, attendants, professionals, qualifications.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    competence, qualification, seaman, qualificada.
  • Verb, past tense
    competent, escalated.