All able synonyms
aΒ·ble
A a verb able
- fit β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
adj able
- good β Graph-Oriented Object Database
- adept β Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- capable β If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
- apt β An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
- competent β Someone who is competent is efficient and effective.
- easy β not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- adequate β If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- strong β having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- intelligent β having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- smart β having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- skilled β having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- effective β adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- efficient β (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
- responsible β answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- prepared β properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- adroit β Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
- agile β Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily.
- alert β If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- bright β A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- deft β A deft action is skilful and often quick.
- dexterous β Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- effortless β requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- facile β moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- fitted β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- knowing β affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- powerful β physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- worthy β having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- accomplished β If someone is accomplished at something, they are very good at it.
- artful β If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- au fait β If you are au fait with something, you are familiar with it and know about it.
- brilliant β A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- clever β Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- effectual β producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- gifted β having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
- ingenious β characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- learned β having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- masterful β dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- masterly β like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- practiced β skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- proficient β well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- qualified β having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- savvy β experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
adjective able
- practised β skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- healthy β possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- able-bodied β An able-bodied person is physically strong and healthy, rather than being weak or having a disability.