Ace
Ace adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: an ace computer programmer
Skilled
Skilled adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: a delicate brain operation requiring the services of a highly skilled surgeon
Ace and skilled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ace" instead the word "Skilled" as an adjective or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
However, he is also a knowledgeable and skilled animal handler, top-notch investigator, ace driver, excellent actor, capable fighter and love-maker par excellence.
Source: Film / Ace Ventura -
Skilled, but Naïve: Gant's an ace Vietnam-era pilot but has no clue about playing spy games.
Source: Film / Firefox -
Unlike almost every other Macross series, the male lead (Hibiki Kanzaki) isn't an ace combat pilot, and never becomes one, though he is fairly skilled flying an unarmed civilian Valkyrie.
Source: Anime / Macross II
Cite this Source
Skilled and Ace. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ace/skilled
Ace & Skilled. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ace/skilled>.
Skilled or Ace. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ace/skilled.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "ace" and "skilled" have occurred on timeline