capability

ca·pa·bil·i·ty

noun \ˌkā-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\

plural ca·pa·bil·i·ties

Definition of CAPABILITY

1

: the quality or state of being capable; also : ability

2

: a feature or faculty capable of development : potentiality

3

: the facility or potential for an indicated use or deployment <the capability of a metal to be fused> <nuclear capability>

Examples of CAPABILITY

1. The device has the capability of recording two television channels at once.
2. <the nature of the tasks to which you are assigned will depend on your capabilities>

First Known Use of CAPABILITY

1587

Related to CAPABILITY

Synonyms: qualification, credentials, goods, stuff

Antonyms: disability, inability, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness

Related Words: command, expertise, know-how, mastership, mastery, proficiency; ability, capacity, competence, competency, facility, faculty; aptitude, endowment, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; forte, long suit, métier (also metier), specialism, speciality, specialty, strong suit; fitness, suitability, suitableness; makings, potentiality

Near Antonyms: helplessness, impotence, paralysis, powerlessness, weakness; defectiveness, deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness; debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation

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Rhymes with CAPABILITY

actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, changeability, clubbability, coilability, contractility, countability, credibility, crossability, culpability, curability, cutability, disability, disutility, drapability, drillability, drinkability, drivability, durability, dyeability, edibility, equability, erectility, fallibility, feasibility, fishability, flammability, flexibility, forgeability, formability, frangibility, friability, fungibility, fusibility, gullibility, hatchability, ignobility, imbecility, immobility, inability, incivility, indocility, infantility, infertility, instability, inutility, juvenility, leachability, legibility, liability, likability, livability, lovability, mailability, meltability, miscibility, movability, mutability, notability, packability, placability, plausibility, playability, pliability, portability, possibility, potability, pregnability, prehensility, printability, probability, puerility, readability, rentability, risibility, roadability, salability, sensibility, sewability, shareability, sociability, solubility, solvability, spreadability, squeezability, stainability, stretchability, suitability, tenability, testability, traceability, trainability, treatability, tunability, usability, vendibility, versatility, viability, visibility, volatility, washability, wearability, wettability, workability