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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Many fire officials and safety advocates have essentially argued anything that can burn, will burn and have supported removing virtually anything capable of combustion from this zone within 5 feet of houses, dubbed “Zone Zero.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

He has been living in an apartment and has demonstrated that he is capable of living on his own with some support.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Looking back, I honestly don't think many people would have been capable of pulling off what Alex did when Dave was sidelined.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Any entity capable of causing the universe,” says narrator Stephen Meyer, a philosopher of science, “must be external to, or separate from, the universe itself. It must . . . transcend time and space.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Each of those are capable of storing thousands of holoscripts.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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