Definitions

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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"We were fortunate that the devices used this weekend did not cause the kind of harm that they were certainly capable of causing," Tisch said during a news conference on Monday.

From BBC

“If ever there were a demand backdrop capable of absorbing higher fares, it is now,” Cunningham wrote in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch

Data centers form a key pillar of the AI investment case since large companies seeking to harness AI need increasingly capable servers to power the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal

He spent a lifetime preparing himself for this moment, and during the journey he momentarily showed what he was capable of but without being able to get the kind of success he so clearly deserved.

From BBC

He is widely seen as one of the only politicians capable of defeating Erdogan at the ballot box in elections due before mid-2028.

From Barron's

capable

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