adept:
(plural: ‘adepts‘)
an adept photographer
a person who is highly skilled in some activity;
an expert in some activity, such as photography, fixing broken things, etc.; a dab hand,
adept mechanics
e.g.
My son is an adept in photography.
My boss is an adept at making employees work overtime without paying anything extra!
Note: ‘Adept’ is more commonly used as an adjective to refer to people with extra-ordinary skills, e.g. ‘an adept photographer’, ‘an adept liar’, ‘an adept mechanic’, etc.
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