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equal to

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able adj.
efficient adj.
eligible adj.
ready adj.

ADJECTIVE

able

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adept apt capable competent proficient skilled

STRONG

accomplished adroit effective experienced practiced qualified skillful talented

WEAK

clever facile know one's onions know the ropes masterful masterly savvy smart trained up to snuff

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incapable incompetent ineffective

STRONG

inept poor weak

WEAK

ignorant impotent useless

ADJECTIVE

efficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active adept adequate capable competent decisive dynamic economical effective energetic potent powerful productive profitable skilled skillful tough useful valuable

WEAK

accomplished adapted apt businesslike clever conducive deft economic effectual efficacious experienced expert familiar with fitted good at good for handy masterly organized practiced proficient qualified ready saving shrewd systematic talented virtuous well-organized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile idle impotent inactive inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inept lazy sluggish unable unskilled unskillful useless weak worthless

WEAK

helpless inefficient powerless

ADJECTIVE

eligible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable likely qualified suitable

WEAK

appropriate becoming capable of desirable discretionary elective employable fitted in line for in the running licensed preferable privileged proper satisfactory seemly suited trained up to usable

Antonyms

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unacceptable

WEAK

improper inappropriate ineligible unfit unsuitable unsuited unworthy

ADJECTIVE

ready

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accessible apt handy qualified ripe

STRONG

adjusted anticipating arranged completed covered equipped fit near organized primed set waiting wired

WEAK

all set all systems go at beck and call at fingertips at hand at the ready champing at bit close to hand convenient expectant fixed for in line in order in place in position in readiness in the saddle on call on hand on tap on the brink open to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incapable unskilled

WEAK

unavailable uneducated unprepared unready untrained

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equal to

The owner says she wants future generations of female players to enjoy opportunities equal to those available to boys, regardless of where they grow up.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Lozano Sr. had already founded La Prensa in San Antonio when he arrived in L.A. and saw a city in need of a Spanish-language newspaper equal to U.S. mainstream papers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Take computers: The first Apple II retailed for $1,298 in 1977, equal to about $7,000 today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Sure, paying off a 25% or 30% credit-card balance effectively gives you guaranteed savings equal to that interest rate versus the uncertain returns you might earn by leaving the money invested.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Jonathan Harker has asked me to note this, as he says he is hardly equal to the task, and he wants an exact record kept.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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