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competent

competent is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

  2. 2adjective

    Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.

  3. 3adjective

    adequate for the purpose

    "a competent performance"

  4. 4adjective

    properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient

    "a competent typist"

  5. 5adjective

    legally qualified or sufficient

    "a competent court"

    "competent testimony"

Common word forms

competentlycompetentness

Words from these letters

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