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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With NHL players returning to the Olympics following a 12-year absence, the Americans arrived here widely viewed as legitimate contenders, boasting a roster capable of competing with Canada’s vast collection of superstars.

From The Wall Street Journal

Introduced in 2013, they quickly gained popularity because they were the first oral treatments capable of controlling both pests for a month or longer.

From Science Daily

Among the teams capable of dethroning Norco is Orange Lutheran, No. 2 behind the Cougars in Cal-Hi Sports’ preseason Southland top 20 rankings.

From Los Angeles Times

Makers of leading AI models have embraced "agentic" capabilities that provide software assistants capable of independently tending to tasks, such as creating software applications, based on simple descriptions.

From Barron's

Regardless of title, if you do a good job and you’re capable the world finds you.

From The Wall Street Journal

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