a. | 1. | Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. |
2. | Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; - followed by to. |
Adj. | 1. | competent - properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient; "a competent typist" Antonyms: incompetent - not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" |
2. | competent - adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance" |