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Another word for able

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Adjective

  1. Having the ability to perform well

    See also:

    ability

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Another word for able

Modifier

  1. Showing superior innate capacity

    Antonyms:

  2. Showing superior proven skill

    Antonyms:

  3. Having the necessary power, skill, or resources

Synonym Study

  • Competent and qualified both imply the possession of the requisite qualifications or skills for the specified work, situation, etc., but qualified stresses compliance with specified requirements a competent critic of modern art, a qualified voter
  • Capable usually implies the satisfactory meeting of ordinary requirements a capable machinist
  • Able means having the power or capacity to do something able to make payments but when used before a noun implies superior power or skill an able administrator
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Sentence Examples

  • His father was never able to get custody of him as a child.

  • When will you be able to take me to get my car?

  • "But how would it help us to be able to fly?" questioned the girl.

  • If he had simply ignored her, she might have been able to get her emotions under control, but now a sob threatened so convincingly that she was afraid to breathe.

  • It's good to be able to listen.

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