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Definitions for Able

[1] having necessary power, skill, resources, or qualifications; qualified: able to lift a two-hundred-pound weight; able to write music; able to travel widely; able to vote.
[2] having unusual or superior intelligence, skill, etc.: an able leader.
[3] showing talent, skill, or knowledge: an able speech.
[4] legally empowered, qualified, or authorized.
[5] (usually initial capital letter ) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
[6] a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable ); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin (teachable; photographable ).
[7] (postpositive) having the necessary power, resources, skill, time, opportunity, etc, to do something able to swim
[8] capable; competent; talented an able teacher
[9] law qualified, competent, or authorized to do some specific act
[10] capable of, suitable for, or deserving of (being acted upon as indicated) enjoyable ; pitiable ; readable ; separable ; washable
[11] inclined to; given to; able to; causing comfortable ; reasonable ; variable

Words related to Able

good, adept, capable, apt, competent, easy, ready, adequate, strong, intelligent, smart, skilled, effective, efficient, responsible, prepared, keen, adroit, agile, alert

Words nearby Able

ablative, ablative absolute, ablator, ablaut, ablaze, able, able rating, able seaman, able-bodied, able-bodied seaman, abled

Origin of Able

-ableMiddle English < Old French < Latin -ābilis, equivalent to -ā- final vowel of 1st conjugation v. stems + -bilis

Other words from Able

o·ver·a·ble , adjective
o·ver·a·b·ly , adverb

Word origin for Able

-ablevia Old French from Latin -ābilis, -ībilis, forms of -bilis, adjectival suffix

Synonyms for Able

adept, adequate, apt, capable, competent, easy, good, intelligent, ready, smart, strong, adroit, agile, alert, bright, cunning, deft, dexterous, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, knowing, powerful, worthy