| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accomplished | highly trained and skilled |
| 2. | ace | someone extremely good at something |
| 3. | adept | highly skilled person |
| 4. | adroit | cleverly skillful |
| 5. | advanced | far along in skill |
| 6. | aficionado | enthusiastic expert or devotee |
| 7. | artful | showing skill and creativity |
| 8. | authority | trusted expert on a subject |
| 9. | battle-tested | proven through hard experience |
| 10. | big gun | important powerful expert |
| 11. | big hitter | influential high achiever |
| 12. | boffin | scientific or technical expert |
| 13. | brain | very intelligent expert |
| 14. | buff | knowledgeable enthusiast |
| 15. | capable | able and competent |
| 16. | champion | top performer or supporter |
| 17. | coach | person who trains or guides |
| 18. | connoisseur | expert judge of quality |
| 19. | consultant | professional adviser |
| 20. | crack | excellent or highly skilled |
| 21. | crackerjack | person exceptionally good at something |
| 22. | craftsman | skilled maker or worker |
| 23. | dab hand | person very skilled at something |
| 24. | deft | skillful and quick |
| 25. | designer | professional planner or creator |
| 26. | dexterous | skillful with hands or mind |
| 27. | doyen | most respected senior expert |
| 28. | elite | among the very best |
| 29. | engineer | trained technical professional |
| 30. | excellent | extremely good |
| 31. | exceptional | unusually excellent |
| 32. | experienced | having practical knowledge |
| 33. | expert | person with great skill |
| 34. | first-rate | of the highest quality |
| 35. | fixer | person who solves problems |
| 36. | front-runner | leading competitor or candidate |
| 37. | gifted | having exceptional natural ability |
| 38. | go-to person | most trusted expert |
| 39. | gun | expert or star performer |
| 40. | guru | widely respected expert |
| 41. | hand | skilled worker or helper |
| 42. | handy | skillful with practical tasks |
| 43. | hardened | made tough by experience |
| 44. | heavyweight | important and powerful figure |
| 45. | high-class | of superior quality |
| 46. | high-level | advanced in skill or rank |
| 47. | hired gun | paid expert brought in |
| 48. | hotshot | person notably talented or successful |
| 49. | instructor | person who teaches practical skills |
| 50. | journeyman | reliable experienced worker |
| 51. | knowledgeable | well informed and aware |
| 52. | leader | person at the front |
| 53. | learned | having much knowledge |
| 54. | luminary | inspiring leading expert |
| 55. | maestro | master of an art |
| 56. | master | highly skilled person |
| 57. | masterful | showing great skill and power |
| 58. | mastermind | brilliant planner or expert |
| 59. | maven | trusted expert or insider |
| 60. | mechanic | skilled repair worker |
| 61. | mentor | experienced guide or teacher |
| 62. | nimble | quick and skillful |
| 63. | old hand | experienced and practiced person |
| 64. | old stager | experienced long-serving person |
| 65. | operator | person skilled at operating |
| 66. | outstanding | exceptionally good |
| 67. | phenom | remarkably talented person |
| 68. | practiced | made skillful by repetition |
| 69. | practitioner | person actively working in profession |
| 70. | premier | first in importance or quality |
| 71. | prime | of the best quality |
| 72. | prodigy | person with exceptional talent |
| 73. | professional | paid expert or skilled worker |
| 74. | proficient | competent and skilled |
| 75. | qualified | having required training or ability |
| 76. | savant | deeply knowledgeable person |
| 77. | seasoned hand | very experienced worker |
| 78. | skillful | having and showing skill |
| 79. | specialist | person focused on one field |
| 80. | standout | person notably better than others |
| 81. | star | top performer |
| 82. | stellar | outstandingly good |
| 83. | superior | better than average |
| 84. | talented | naturally able or gifted |
| 85. | teacher | person who teaches others |
| 86. | technician | skilled technical worker |
| 87. | top dog | leading person in a group |
| 88. | top gun | top expert or performer |
| 89. | top-notch | excellent; of very high quality |
| 90. | trained | having learned needed skills |
| 91. | trainer | person who teaches skills |
| 92. | versed | well informed or practiced |
| 93. | veteran | experienced person in a field |
| 94. | virtuoso | person with exceptional skill |
| 95. | warhorse | seasoned experienced performer |
| 96. | well-informed | having a lot of knowledge |
| 97. | well-versed | thoroughly knowledgeable |
| 98. | whiz | person very skilled or clever |
| 99. | wizard | person with remarkable skill |
| 100. | workman | skilled manual worker |