qualified

The word “qualified” has 3 syllables: qual-i-fied

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for qualified?

In the thesaurus, “qualified” has 135 synonyms and 71 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for qualified along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for qualified

able
accomplished
accredited
accustomed
ace
adapted
adept
adequate
adjusted
affirmed
all around
all-around
all-round
allowed
altered
approved
apt
au fait
authorized
bounded
capable
catechized
certificated
certified
chartered
circumscribed
cleared
colored
commissioned
competent
conditional
conditioned
confined
confirmed
contingent
credentialed
credentialled
definite
determined
disciplined
distorted
educated
efficient
empowered
enabled
endorsed
enfranchised
entitled
equal
equipped
equivocal
examined
experienced
expert
fit
fitted
fixed
good
groomed
guarded
habituated
inaugurated
indoctrinated
indorsed
inducted
initiated
installed
instated
instructed
invested
knowledgeable
legitimized
let
licenced
licensed
master
masterful
masterly
misrepresented
misstated
modified
narrowed
okayed
on the ball
overqualified
partial
permitted
perverted
practiced
practised
prepared
privileged
pro
proficient
proper
protean
proved
provisional
quizzed
ratified
reaccredited
readied
ready
reapproved
recertified
rechartered
reserved
revalidated
sanctioned
schooled
seasoned
shaped
skilled
skillful
suitable
swore in
tailored
talented
taught
tested
trained
tried
tutored
twisted
up to snuff
up to speed
validated
versatile
vested
vet
veteran
warped
warranted
wicked
willing

Antonyms for qualified

banned
barred
beginning
blocked
broadened
constrained
decertified
delegitimized
denied
disabled
disallowed
disbarred
discouraged
disempowered
disenfranchised
disfranchised
disqualified
enjoined
excluded
expanded
forbad
forbade
free
green
held back
hindered
ignorant
impeded
impotent
inadequate
inappropriate
incapable
incompetent
incorrect
inefficient
inept
inexperienced
inexpert
inhibited
interdicted
invalidated
new
nullified
obstructed
open
outlawed
poor
prevented
prohibited
proscribed
raw
shut out
stopped
unable
unfit
unfitted
unlimited
unprepared
unproficient
unqualified
unrestricted
unschooled
unseasoned
unskilled
unskillful
untalented
untested
untrained
untried
vetoed
widened

Meanings of qualified

adjective
1. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.
2. Restricted or limited by conditions.
verb
1. To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
2. To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
3. To certify or license someone for something.
4. To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
5. To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
6. To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
7. To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
8. To throw and catch each object at least twice.

Example Sentences

She was deemed highly qualified for the leadership position.
The candidate presented a well-qualified resume to the hiring manager.
Only qualified applicants will be considered for the scholarship.
The experienced professional proved himself to be suitably qualified for the role.
The job posting specified that applicants must be fully qualified to apply.

On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to qualified, such as: able, accomplished, accredited, accustomed, ace, adapted, adept.

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