capable

Meaning

1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

Synonyms

able

competent

skilled

efficient

talented

skilful

skillful

proficient

apt

smart

fit

gifted

adept

qualified

good

👍

subject

accomplished

business

handy

strong

adroit

clever

expert

adequate to

up to

liable

vulnerable

powerful

ability

able to

sound

🔉

intelligent

skillful

skilful

enough

susceptible

suitable

equal to

sufficient

capacious

be able

open

professional

progressive

promising

prone

proper

receptive

resourceful

respected

roomy

sensible

shifty

skill

successful

suggestible

susceptive

tending

tight

tractable

trained

valid

well-thought-of

worth

worthy

be possible

up to scratch

worthy of

up to snuff

fitted for

susceptible of

hard-working

minded

able-bodied

acumen

adequate

admissible

aspiration

be able to

beautiful

brilliant

can

comprehensive

convincible

creative

dare

deft

deserving

dexterous

discernment

disposed

doughty

effective

effectual

eligible

experienced

fit for work

fitted

given

having

hot

🥵

ideal

ingenious

inventive

jake

know

legitimate

manipulable

meritorious

neat

passable

possible

potent

practical

Translations

capaz

capable

fähig

bekwaam

habile

compétent

apto

hábil

capabel

kundig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkeɪpəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.

Sentences

Kerr worked on limited resources to create team capable of challenging the best .

It was the first Soviet production aircraft capable of supersonic speeds in level flight .