Thesaurus: able

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1. superl. Fit; adapted; suitable.
2. superl. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
3. superl. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
4. superl. Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
5. a. To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
6. a. To vouch for.
7. adj. (usually followed by ‘to’) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
8. adj. have the skills and qualifications to do things well
9. adj. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
10. adj. having a strong healthy body
11. Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able toinherit or devise property.