capable B1 Topic:Describing People US /ˈkeɪ.bə.bəl/ UK /ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/ See IPA manual Freq #2226 Meanings 1 adj Having the ability or qualities needed to do something well. She is a capable and efficient manager. 2 adj Having the power or ability to do a particular thing, followed by 'of'. This little car is capable of surprising speed. 3 adj Likely or able to do something bad, followed by 'of'. No one believed that the gentle old man was capable of murder. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having the ability or... able ↔ Opposites incapable Word family Derived forms capabilitycapablenesscapablyhandicapablenoncapableovercapablesupercapableultracapableuncapable Related forms healthyskillful Common collocations capable administrator Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. *kap- Proto-Indo-European capable Middle French capābilis la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Describing People External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # capable **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkeɪ.bə.bəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/ **Frequency rank:** 2226 ## Meanings 1. Having the ability or qualities needed to do something well. 2. Having the power or ability to do a particular thing, followed by 'of'. 3. Likely or able to do something bad, followed by 'of'. ## Examples - She is a capable and efficient manager. - This little car is capable of surprising speed. - No one believed that the gentle old man was capable of murder. ## Antonyms - incapable ## Derived Forms - capability - capableness - capably - handicapable - noncapable - overcapable - supercapable - ultracapable - uncapable ## Related Forms - healthy - skillful ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *kap- - Root: capable - Root: capābilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. ## AI Etymology Capable was borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. ## Topics - Describing People markdown