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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ON Semiconductor said Synaptics’s artificial-intelligence compute platform, human-machine interface technology, and connectivity solutions would help it meet demand for increasingly capable AI solutions that can interact with the physical world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

As the current foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi External link, who was my counterpart during the JCPOA, is quite capable in English.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Further forward, Jude Bellingham, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke are all powerful runners capable of attacking into space against fewer defenders.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Fish and Wildlife Service sent a letter last year saying that, because the young birds were capable of independent flight, there was not a risk that the fireworks would cause nest failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

With this innovation, the Mary Rose made the historic transition from a vessel that was capable of carrying guns on its deck to a warship expressly built to permanently house a battery of cannons.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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