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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There are those who think it’s about man in a state of nature, what we are capable of when society is made primal around us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In April, Kim toured a new neighborhood of residential skyscrapers in the “Hwasong” district, which shares a name with North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Hemp insists England are capable of competing with any team and says it is "not time to panic" as they prepare to face Ukraine in their final qualifying match.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Sometimes, you have to learn to fight to learn what you can do — what you’re capable of,” Charniak told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 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

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