Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section III. Voluntary Action
2. Complex Voluntary Action

700. Proficient.

   NOUN:PROFICIENT, expert, adept; dab, dabster [both colloq. or dial.], connoisseur (scholar) [See Scholar]; master, – hand; top sawyer, prima donna, première danseuse [F.], first fiddle, chef de cuisine [F.]; protagonist; past master; mahatma.
  nice -, good -, clean- hand; practiced -, experienced- -eye, – hand; marksman; good -, dead -, crack- shot [colloq.]; ropedancer, ropewalker, funambulist; contortionist, acrobat; conjuror (deceiver) [See Deceiver]; wizard [See Sorcerer].
  PICKED MAN; medallist, prizeman, honorsman.
  VETERAN; old -stager, – campaigner, – soldier, – file, – hand; man of business, man of the world.
  GENIUS; master -mind, – head, – spirit.
  PANTOLOGIST, Admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning, walking encyclopedia, mine of information.
  MAN OF CUNNING; cunning -, sharp- -blade, – fellow; diplomatist, diplomat, Machiavellian; politician, jobber; tactician, strategist.
  PECULATOR, forger, coiner; cracksman [See Thief].