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capable

[key-puh-buhl] / ˈkeɪ pə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
able to perform
Synonyms
STRONGEST
able accomplished adept adequate competent efficient experienced gifted good intelligent proficient qualified skillful suited talented
WEAK
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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clumsy green ignorant inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inefficient inept inexperienced powerless stupid unable unintelligent unqualified unskilled unsuitable untalented useless weak
WEAK
impotent unskillful

Example Sentences

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Last week the UK hosted a virtual summit in which representatives from more than 40 countries began work to assemble a coalition capable of ensuring security in the Strait after the fighting has stopped.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

"Our armed forces must be capable of responding to a major engagement within a timeframe that none of us can predict," Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin said following a meeting of top defence and security officials.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead of relying on constant human direction, they tested a semi-autonomous robot capable of moving from one target to another and collecting data on its own.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

The agents are capable of generating hundreds of reports a day, Pompliano added—but the company will start by circulating just a few daily to avoid flooding investors’ inboxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

I wonder if they are even capable of feeling guilt or shame.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman