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| Main Entry: | capacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | volume; limit of volume held |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, bulk, burden, compass, contents, dimensions, expanse, extent, full, latitude, magnitude, mass, measure, proportions, quantity, range, reach, retention, room, scope, size, space, spread, sufficiency, sweep, amplitude, holding ability, holding power, standing room only |
| Notes: | applied to a person, ability and capacity mean about the same thing but are grammatically different: an ability to do something, a capacity for doing something; ability is qualitative while capacity is quantitative capacity refers to a general ability to comprehend an issue or perform a task; capability implies a reference to one of a set of such abilities |
| Main Entry: | capacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability; competency |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, aptitude, bent, caliber, capability, cleverness, compass, competence, efficiency, facility, faculty, forte, genius, gift, inclination, intelligence, knack, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, stature, strength, talent, aptness, brains, the goods, up to it, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, inability, incompetence |
| Main Entry: | adequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, competency in some |
| Synonyms: | capacity, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, sufficiency, action capability, commensurateness, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, suitableness, tolerableness |
| Antonyms: | inadequacy, insufficiency, inadequateness |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
| Synonyms: | actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, education, environment, framework, history, practice, preparation, qualification, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing, accomplishments, acquirement, deeds, grounding, rearing |
| Antonyms: | foreground |
| Main Entry: | capability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perform |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, aptitude, art, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, facility, faculty, means, might, potency, potential, power, proficiency, qualification, skill, wherewithal, potentiality, qualifiedness |
| Antonyms: | impotence, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | competence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, appropriateness, capability, capacity, expertise, fitness, know-how, might, moxie, proficiency, qualification, savvy, skill, suitability, competency, cutting it, cutting the mustard, hacking it, making the grade, makings, qualifiedness, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, inadequacy, incompetence, incapability, inefficience, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, quota, remainder, rest, supplement, total, totality, correlative, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, rounding-off |
| Main Entry: | comprehension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, awareness, capacity, cognizance, conception, discernment, double take*, grasp, intelligence, judgment, ken, knowledge, perception, realization, sense, take*, aha, apperception, prehension, slow take |
| Antonyms: | mistake, misunderstanding, incomprehension, misinterpretation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, connotation, details, essence, filling, freight, gist, guts, implication, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, substance, sum, text, volume, chapters, constituents, divisions, furnishing, ingredients, subjects, themes, topics |
| Main Entry: | dimensions/dimension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportions; range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, extension, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, dimensionality, extensity |
| Main Entry: | efficacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | efficiency; productiveness |
| Synonyms: | ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight, capableness, efficaciousness |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, weakness, inefficacy, unproductiveness, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | gauge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measure, standard |
| Synonyms: | barometer, basis, benchmark, bore, capacity, check, criterion, degree, depth, example, exemplar, extent, guide, guideline, height, indicator, magnitude, mark, meter, model, norm, pattern, rule, sample, scale, scope, size, span, test, thickness, touchstone*, type, width, yardstick |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift of high intellect |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, astuteness, bent, brain, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, endowment, expert, faculty, flair, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, knack, mature, originality, perspicacity, power, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom, Einstein, aptness, brilliance, inventiveness, percipience, precocity, superability |
| Antonyms: | idiot, imbecile |
| Main Entry: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, bent, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, head*, ingenuity, know-how, nose*, propensity, quickness, readiness, savvy*, set, skill, trick, turn, aptness, expertism, expertness, handiness, hang of it, mastership, skillfulness |
| Antonyms: | inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leadership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guidance |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, capacity, command, control, conveyance, direction, domination, foresight, hegemony, influence, initiative, management, power, primacy, skill, superiority, supremacy, sway, conduction, directorship, pilotage, preeminence, superintendency |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, dexterity, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, acquirement, adeptness, deftness, expertism, expertness, mastership, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, lack, amateurishness |
| Main Entry: | measurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculation |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, pitch, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width, amplitude, calibration, metage, quantification |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, jurisdiction, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, sinew*, steam, strength, sway, valor, vigor, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, lustiness, peppiness, powerfulness, qualifiedness, strenuousness, strong arm, vigorousness |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plenty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | much, abundance |
| Synonyms: | affluence, avalanche*, capacity, copiousness, deluge*, enough, flood*, full house, fund, lots, luxury, mass, masses*, mine*, oodles*, opulence, peck*, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, store, sufficiency, torrent*, volume, wealth, cornucopia, fruitfulness, good deal, great deal, heaps, loads, mountains, piles, stacks |
| Antonyms: | few, lack, little, need, scarcity, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | authority, capability, capacity, command, control, dominion, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, go*, hardihood, influence, juice*, kick*, might, moxie*, muscle*, pep, potential, power, puissance, punch, sinew*, snap, sock*, steam*, strength, sway, vigor, virtue, zap*, zing*, zip*, birr, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | disability, weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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