able
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
able to swim
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
have the skills and qualifications to do things well
able teachers
Related & opposite
- ability derivation
- capability derivation
- ability derivation
- capableness derivation
- competent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
able to learn
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
having a strong healthy body
an able seaman
Related & opposite
- fit similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unable |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | ability |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | ability |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | capability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | capableness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | competent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ability |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | capable |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fit |