competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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boost
verb
- To move (something) to a higher position: elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear
2, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See
rise
- To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up. See
increase
- To increase in amount: hike, jack (up), jump, raise, up. See
increase
- To give support or assistance: abet, aid, assist, help (out), relieve, succor.
Idioms:
give (or lend) a hand, give a leg up. See
help
- To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: ballyhoo, build up, enhance, promote, publicize, puff, talk up, tout.
Informal: plug.
Slang: hype. See
knowledge
noun
- An instance of lifting or being lifted: heave, hoist, lift. See
rise
- The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See
increase
- The amount by which something is increased: advance, hike, increase, increment, jump, raise, rise. See
increase
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