Capable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having capacity or ability; efficient and able: a capable administrator.
  • adj. Having the ability required for a specific task or accomplishment; qualified: capable of winning.
  • adj. Having the inclination or disposition: capable of violence.
  • adj. Permitting an action to be performed: an error capable of remedy; a camera capable of being used underwater.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
  • adj. Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength.
  • adj. Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent.
  • adj. Possessing legal power or capacity.
  • adj. Capacious; large; comprehensive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Able to hold or contain; sufficiently capacious (for): followed by of.
  • Capacious; extensive; comprehensive: as, “a capable and wide revenge,”
  • Able to receive; open to influences; impressible; receptive; susceptible; admitting: usually followed by of: as, capable of pain and grief; capable of long duration; capable of being colored or altered: sometimes used absolutely.
  • Able to be received.
  • Fitted or deserving to receive: as, “capable of mercy,”
  • Sufficiently able (to do something): as, a man capable of judging.
  • Having legal power or capacity: as, a bastard is not capable of inheriting an estate.
  • Possessing a good degree of intelligence or ability; qualified; able; competent: as, a capable judge; a capable instructor.
  • Synonyms Qualified, fitted, adapted, efficient, clever, skilful, gifted, accomplished.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
  • adj. (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for
  • adj. possibly accepting or permitting
  • adj. having the requisite qualities for
  • adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
  • Equivalent
    sure-footed    able    confident    resourceful    susceptible    adequate    equal    competent   
    Antonym
    incapable   
    Cross Reference
    able   
    Form
    capability   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fitted    skillful    competent    able    effective    efficient    qualified    capacious    large    comprehensive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    able    intelligent    worthy    efficient    full    incapable    willing    energetic    confident