| 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 |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
Antonyms: |
delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak |
| 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, equal to, experienced, expert, familiar with, fitted, good at, good for, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, proficient, profitable, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, well-organized |
Antonyms: |
helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, powerless, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | eligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fit, worthy |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, appropriate, becoming, capable of, desirable, discretionary, elective, employable, equal to, fitted, in line for, in the running, licensed, likely, preferable, privileged, proper, qualified, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suited, trained, up to, usable |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, ineligible, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prepared; available |
Synonyms: |
accessible, adjusted, all set, all systems go, anticipating, apt, arranged, at beck and call, at fingertips, at hand, at the ready, champing at bit, close to hand, completed, convenient, covered, equal to, equipped, expectant, fit, fixed for, handy, in line, in order, in place, in position, in readiness, in the saddle, near, on call, on hand, on tap, on the brink, open to, organized, primed, qualified, ripe, set, waiting, wired |
Antonyms: |
immature, slow, unavailable, unprepared, unready, unripe, unsuitable |