QUALIFIED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for QUALIFIED?

Need another word that means the same as “qualified”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “qualified” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Qualified” are: certified, dependant, dependent, restricted, certificated, chartered, licensed, professional, limited, conditional, bounded, contingent, circumscribed, reserved, guarded, cautious, hesitant, tentative, equivocal

Qualified as an Adjective

Definitions of "Qualified" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “qualified” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.
• Limited or restricted; not absolute.
• Contingent on something else.
• Competent or knowledgeable to do something; capable.
• Not complete or absolute; limited.
• Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man.
• Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task.
• Officially recognized as being trained to perform a particular job; certified.

Synonyms of "Qualified" as an adjective (19 Words)

bounded	Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.
cautious	Avoiding excess. A cautious driver.
certificated	Furnished with or authorized by a certificate. Certificated teachers.
certified	Fit to be certified as insane and treated accordingly. A certified public accountant.
chartered	(of an accountant, engineer, librarian, etc.) qualified as a member of a professional body that has a royal charter. The chartered buses arrived on time.
circumscribed	Subject to limits or subjected to limits.
conditional	Qualified by reservations. Lent conditional support.
contingent	(of losses, liabilities, etc.) that can be anticipated to arise if a particular event occurs. His fees were contingent on the success of his search.
dependant	Held from above.
dependent	Requiring someone or something for financial or other support. Dependent on moisture.
equivocal	Open to question. The polling had a complex and equivocal or ambiguous message for potential female candidates.
guarded	Cautious and having possible reservations. Guarded optimism.
hesitant	Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly. Clients are hesitant about buying.
licensed	(of premises) having a licence for the sale of alcohol. Licensed pharmacist.
limited	Denoting a limited company used after a company name. A limited list of choices.
professional	Worthy of or appropriate to a professional person competent skilful or assured. A professional boxer.
reserved	Slow to reveal emotion or opinions. Was habitually reserved in speech withholding her opinion.
restricted	Restricted in meaning as e g man in a tall man. The mechanism of restricted virus replication.
tentative	Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon. He eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room.

Usage Examples of "Qualified" as an adjective

• Gave only qualified approval.
• I was less well qualified than almost anyone present to recollect the olden days.
• Many qualified applicants for the job.
• I could only judge this CD a qualified success.
• Newly qualified nurses.

Associations of "Qualified" (30 Words)

acceptable	Able to be tolerated or allowed. An acceptable substitute for champagne.
airmail	Send or transport by airmail. An airmail letter.
allowable	That may be permitted especially as according to rule. The loan deal has been extended to the maximum allowable three months.
ambitious	Having a strong desire for success or achievement. A ruthlessly ambitious workaholic.
authorized	Sanctioned by established authority. An authorized dealer.
career	The time spent by a person in a career. The cars careered down the road.
certified	Fit to be certified as insane and treated accordingly. A certified public accountant.
chartered	(of a city, company, university, or other body) founded or having its rights and privileges established by means of a charter. Eighty journalists were flown in by chartered plane.
documented	Furnished with or supported by documents. The first documented case of shark attack in those waters.
driven	Urged or forced to action through moral pressure. Wind driven sand.
duly	In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances. I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed.
eligible	Having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions. Eligible to run for office.
employed	(of a person) having a paid job. Most of our graduates are employed.
engaged	Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged. She was engaged to a lecturer.
examiner	Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications. The examiner searched for clues.
hired	Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers. A hired assassin.
indefeasible	Not subject to being lost, annulled, or overturned. An indefeasible right to freedom.
license	Authorize the use, performance, or release of (something. He was licensed to do no more than send a message.
medically	In a way that relates to the science or practice of medicine. Medically trained staff.
modified	Changed in form or character. The performance of the modified aircraft was much improved.
motivated	Provided with a motive or given incentive for action. A highly motivated child can learn almost anything.
nurse	Serve as a nurse care for sick or handicapped people. You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places.
permissible	That may be permitted especially as according to rule. It is permissible to edit and rephrase the statement.
practitioner	A person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine. Patients are treated by skilled practitioners.
professionally	As a person’s paid occupation rather than on an amateur basis. She has sung professionally with opera companies around the world.
registered	Of a letter or parcel sent by registered post. Registered bonds.
reliable	A reliable person or thing. The supporting cast includes old reliables like Mitchell.
trained	(of a mental or physical faculty) having been developed and improved through instruction or practice. The riding school was founded in the 16th century to provide trained horses for the Imperial Army.
unexceptionable	Not open to objection, but not particularly new or exciting. A judge s ethics should be unexceptionable.
unobjectionable	(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers. The ends are unobjectionable it s the means that one can t accept.