{s} proficient, expert, adept, dexterous; requiring special training, requiring a high level of skill
having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"
Skilled work can only be done by people who have had some training. New industries demanded skilled labour not available locally. unskilled
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry
Someone who is skilled has the knowledge and ability to do something well. Not all doctors are skilled in helping their patients make choices