| 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, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy |
| 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: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval, grant |
Synonyms: |
accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, award, bestow, concede, confer, endow, give, present, render, tender, vouchsafe |
Antonyms: |
argue, challenge, deny, disallow, disapprove, oppose, question, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out, distribute, donate, endow, fork out, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out, sweeten the kitty |
| Main Entry: | bequeath |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in a will |
Synonyms: |
bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, hand on, impart, leave, leave to, legate, pass on, transmit, will |
Antonyms: |
take |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, bestow |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, endow, favor, give, glorify, grace, laud, magnify, praise, provide |
Antonyms: |
deny, disallow, disapprove, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | blessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
blissful, content, contented, endowed, favored, fortunate, glad, granted, joyful, joyous, lucky |
Antonyms: |
condemned, cursed, damned, unblessed, unfavored, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
Synonyms: |
accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
Antonyms: |
reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | competent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able |
Synonyms: |
adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked* |
Antonyms: |
inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable |
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
Synonyms: |
accord, add, afford, ante up, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out, dower, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, go Dutch, grant, hand out, kick in, pitch in, pony up, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, sweeten the kitty, tender, will |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, take away, withdraw, withhold |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reward, dignify |
Synonyms: |
adorn, arm, authorize, commission, coronate, delegate, determine, dower, enable, endow, endue, ennoble, enthrone, erect, establish, exalt, festoon, fix, heighten, honor, inaugurate, induct, install, invest, raise, sanction, set up, settle, stabilize, strengthen |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, disregard, fine, punish |