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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Some thought Berkshire might have bought back $2 billion to $3 billion in March, and Barron’s wrote that the company is capable of $50 billion of stock buybacks annually.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

“I cannot imagine how any responsible government official or body would agree that they are not capable of self-governance, literally,” Helfand said.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

He claims ChatGPT encouraged this idea and said it was capable of bringing out these abilities in people.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Led by Dr. Clare Bakewell, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, the researchers created highly reactive aluminum molecules capable of breaking some of the strongest chemical bonds.

From Science Daily • May 1, 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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