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able

• (a) (usually followed by "to") having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
  • able to swim
  • she was able to program her computer
  • we were at last able to buy a car
  • able to get a grant for the project
• (s) have the skills and qualifications to do things well
  • able teachers
  • a capable administrator
  • children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
  capable,
• (s) having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
  • able to learn
  • human beings are able to walk on two feet
  • Superman is able to leap tall buildings
• (s) having a strong healthy body
  • an able seaman
  • every able-bodied young man served in the army
  able-bodied,

Synonyms

capable able-bodied

Antonyms

unable

Words of close approximity