Ability Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-bĭlĭ-tē
Power that results from capacity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. capability
  2. competence
  3. capacity
  4. skill
  5. eligibility
  6. strength
  7. proficiency
  8. adeptness
  9. qualification(s)
  10. knowledge
  11. sufficiency
  12. self-sufficiency
  13. readiness
  14. efficacy
  15. expertise
  16. tact
  17. finish
  18. technique
  19. craft
  20. artistry
  21. cunning
  22. expertness
  23. skillfulness
  24. aptness
  25. dexterity
  26. facility
  27. finesse
  28. mastery
  29. quickness
  30. cleverness
  31. deftness
  32. competency
  33. handiness
  34. experience
  35. adroitness
  36. artifice
  37. energy
  38. background
  39. know-how
  40. faculty
  41. savvy
  42. touch
  43. the goods
  44. might
  45. ableness
  46. dextrousness
  47. expertism
Antonyms:
  1. ignorance
  2. incompetence
  3. inability
  4. incapability
  5. weakness
  6. stupidity
  7. inadequacy
  8. inanity
  9. clumsiness
  10. inexperience
  11. limitation
  12. impotence
  13. paralysis

Words Related to Ability

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Ability Sentence Examples

  • Freedom from that ugly feeling gave her the ability to speak of it lightly for the first time.

  • I can only applaud this man's ability to deduce.

  • Tugging at her ability to reason.

  • Machines multiply our labor and increase our ability to do work.

  • He never mastered the ability to run.

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