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Definitions

equal to

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

STRONGEST

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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The carbon footprint of a single LP was estimated to be roughly equal to the pollution a gas-powered vehicle emits over a three-mile trip.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Berkshire will now hold about $32 billion of Alphabet stock, making it a top equity holding behind only Apple, American Express and about equal to Coca-Cola.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

With the stroke of a pen, Beijing has created a statistical gap more or less equal to the total emissions of South Korea or Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

By the end of the intervention, participants had lost an average of 7.6 kilograms, equal to about 7.8% of their starting body weight.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

It gives great pleasure to the Editor to hear, from every quarter of our City, that universal health prevails in a degree equal to any former period.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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