Able

Quick meaning: Able is an adjective meaning Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Meaning

Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

More Meanings

1. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
2. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
3. (law) Legally qualified or competent.
4. (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
5. (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
6. (obsolete) Easy to use.
7. (obsolete) Suitable; competent.

Example Sentences

I'll see you as soon as I'm able.

The chairman was also an able sailor.

He is able to practice law in six states.

She is able to lift the box without assistance.

Word Forms

• abler
• ablest
• ables
• abling
• abled

Synonyms for able

Depending on context, synonyms include competent, fit, capable, healthy, able-bodied.

Antonyms for able

Common opposites include unable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include capable, competent, fit, healthy, able-bodied, effective.

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