Versatile means good at many different things or uses. A versatile player, a versatile tool, versatile enough.
It is high praise for a person and a selling point for an object: a versatile ingredient works in many dishes, and a versatile player covers several positions. It implies competence across a range rather than excellence in one. Note versatility; and that the Latin means turning easily, from vertere — so a versatile person is one who turns their hand to anything.
1adjectiveversatileGood at many different things or uses.
“Eggs are a versatile food; you can boil, fry, scramble or bake them.”
synonyms: adaptable, all-round
versatile is a quality of adaptability.
Also accepted in games: adaptable
Latin versatilis means turning easily, from versare, the frequentative of vertere, to turn. Version, convert and adverse come from the same turning.
Proto-Indo-European
*wert-
Latin
versātilis — turning easily
English, today
versatile
Built from
From Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“to turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA