most capable

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

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most capable

Sunderland have several exciting attacking players, but Le Fee looks like the player most capable of consistently contributing across the season.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

With nearly 900 beds and 2,100 doctors, Cedars-Sinai is one of the biggest and most capable hospitals in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Every buyer everywhere learned that the most capable artificial intelligence on the market has a shutdown switch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mythos is Anthropic’s most capable model, which has not been made available to the public due to concerns that security firms may not be able to handle the threats it poses.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Young agreed and recommended a highly talented graduate student named George Bass, whom he felt would be most capable of handling the project.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler