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synonyms for capable

  • able
  • accomplished
  • adept
  • adequate
  • competent
  • efficient
  • experienced
  • gifted
  • good
  • intelligent
  • proficient
  • qualified
  • skillful
  • suited
  • talented
  • adapted
  • apt
  • au fait
  • clever
  • dynamite
  • fireball
  • fitted
  • green thumb
  • has what it takes
  • having know-how
  • having the goods
  • having the right stuff
  • knowing the ropes
  • knowing the score
  • like a one-man band
  • like a pistol
  • masterly
  • old hand
  • old-timer
  • on the ball
  • proper
  • there
  • up
  • up to it
  • up to snuff
  • up to speed
  • veteran
See also synonyms for: capableness / capably
On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to capable, such as: able, accomplished, adept, adequate, competent, and efficient.

antonyms for capable

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  • clumsy
  • green
  • ignorant
  • inadequate
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • inexperienced
  • powerless
  • stupid
  • unable
  • unintelligent
  • unqualified
  • unskilled
  • unsuitable
  • untalented
  • useless
  • weak
  • impotent
  • unskillful
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Family stories are funny things, though, capable of morphing and shifting over the years until the unknowns outnumber the knowns.
HE KNEW HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A MOB BOSS. BUT WAS THAT THE WHOLE STORY?JOE HEIMFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Technology capable of changing your brain’s activity with just a subtle nudge, however, brings “manipulation risks to the next level,” Ienca says.
NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD. ARE YOU READY?LAURA SANDERSFEBRUARY 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Technology capable of changing your brain’s activity with just a subtle nudge, however, “brings current manipulation risks to the next level,” Ienca says.
CAN PRIVACY COEXIST WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT READS AND CHANGES BRAIN ACTIVITY?LAURA SANDERSFEBRUARY 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
It’s also become evident that children are capable of transmitting the virus to some extent.
FAUCI: VACCINES FOR KIDS AS YOUNG AS FIRST GRADERS COULD BE AUTHORIZED BY SEPTEMBERBY CAROLINE CHENFEBRUARY 11, 2021PROPUBLICA
That meant populous Fairfax County, which with the Inova hospital system had set up a network of sites capable of delivering at least 30,000 doses weekly, was positioned to scoop up more than half of Virginia’s weekly vaccine allocation.
CONFUSION AND CHAOS: INSIDE THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IN D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIAJULIE ZAUZMER, GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, ERIN COXFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Despite their diminutive size, the insects are capable of flying as far as five miles to collect nectar.
BEE THEFT IS ALMOST A PERFECT CRIME—BUT THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWNANDREW ZALESKIFEBRUARY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
Gather’s office serves as a workspace where its employees regularly meet and hang out, but it also doubles as a showcase for skeptical visitors who want to see what the company’s technology is capable of.
THE WORKPLACE APPS THAT COULD CHANGE THE NATURE OF WORKNICOLÁS RIVEROFEBRUARY 7, 2021QUARTZ
For that, the sample needs to be sent on to a lab that has specialized machinery capable of conducting sequencing.
WHY OPENING RESTAURANTS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CORONAVIRUS WANTS US TO DOCAROLINE CHENFEBRUARY 6, 2021PROPUBLICA
The best toaster ovens have a wide temperature rangeIf you’re looking for a toaster oven to replace your traditional oven, it’s important to consider whether the toaster oven is capable of reaching high enough temperatures.
BEST TOASTER OVEN: SAVE COUNTER SPACE AND TIME WITH OUR TOASTER OVEN PICKSJULIAN CUBILLLOSFEBRUARY 5, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
Last season, Doncic led the NBA’s top-ranked attack, emerging as a do-it-all playmaker who seemed capable of carrying a franchise with his scoring and passing like LeBron James, James Harden and Nikola Jokic.
HOW LUKA DONCIC’S MAVERICKS LOST THEIR JOYFUL SWAGGER AND HOW THEY CAN GET IT BACKBEN GOLLIVERFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POST
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