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| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
| Synonyms: | adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy, endowed |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform well; having a proven capacity |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it* |
| Antonyms: | delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, expert, gifted, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, with it*, cultivated, hep, wised up |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to learn |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, no dummy, nobody's fool, not born yesterday*, prompt, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable |
| Antonyms: | incapable, stupid, unskilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, artful |
| Synonyms: | able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy*, frugal, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, street smart*, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it*, worldly-wise, having fancy footwork, hep, nimble-witted, streetwise |
| Antonyms: | foolish, inept, silly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, intelligent, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, up*, veteran, fireball, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consummate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ultimate, best |
| Synonyms: | able, absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, downright, faultless, finished, flawless, gifted, ideal, impeccable, inimitable, matchless, out-and-out*, peerless, perfect, perfected, polished, positive, practiced, ripe, skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talented, thoroughgoing, total, trained, transcendent, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, whole, unsurpassable, virtuosic |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, unfinished, worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | super, first-rate |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first-class, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented, handpicked |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow*, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed, blue-stocking, cultivated, distingue |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cunning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginative |
| Synonyms: | able, adroit, canny, clever, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, skillful, sly, smart, smooth, subtle, slighty, well-laid, well-planned |
| Antonyms: | unimaginative, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, clever |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, apt, crack, cute, dexterous, expert, fleet, handy, ingenious, neat, nimble, proficient, prompt, quick, ready, skilled, skillful, having good hands, having know-how |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inept, unskillful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | dexterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ingenious, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, masterly, neat, nimble, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth, having the know-how, nimble-fingered |
| Antonyms: | awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unskilled, unhandy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, persuasive |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adequate, capable, cogent, compelling, competent, convincing, direct, effectual, efficacious, efficient, emphatic, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, live, moving, on the ball*, operative, potent, powerful, practical, producing, serviceable, serving, sound, striking, sufficient, telling, trenchant, useful, valid, virtuous, wicked*, yielding, having lead in pencil, playing hardball, powerhouse, resultant |
| Antonyms: | fruitless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, unproductive, useless, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | efficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adept, effective |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efficacious, energetic, experienced, expert, fitted, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, proficient, profitable, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, equal to, familiar with, good at, good for, well-organized |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, powerless, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, proficient |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, apt, big league*, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualified, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso, schooled |
| Antonyms: | amateur, inexpert, unskilled, untrained, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, adequate, advantageous, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, beneficial, capable, comely, competent, conformable, convenient, correct, correspondent, deserving, desirable, due, equipped, equitable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fitted, fitting, happy, just, likely, meet, opportune, practicable, preferable, prepared, proper, qualified, ready, right, rightful, seasonable, seemly, tasteful, timely, trained, wise, worthy, comme il faut, good enough, well-suited |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrestrained personally |
| Synonyms: | able, allowed, at large, at liberty, casual, clear, disengaged, easy, escaped, familiar, fancy-free*, footloose*, forward, frank, free-spirited, free-wheeling, independent, informal, lax, liberal, liberated, loose, off the hook, on one's own, on the loose, open, permitted, relaxed, unattached, uncommitted, unconfined, unconstrained, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unregulated, unrestricted, untrammeled |
| Antonyms: | bound, confined, hindered, limited, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gifted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talented, intelligent |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adroit, brilliant, capable, clever, expert, hot*, ingenious, mad, masterly, phenomenal, skilled, smart, class act, got it, have on the ball, have smarts, have the goods, hotshot, shining at |
| Antonyms: | dull, incapable, inept, unintelligent, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | competent, skilled |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, au fait, capable, clever, dexterous, efficient, expert, first-rate, proficient, proper, qualified, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skillful, suitable, suited, talented, thorough, trustworthy, useful |
| Antonyms: | incompetent, unskilled, unsuitable |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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