Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

habile


hab·ile

adj \ˈha-bəl, -ˌbī(-ə)l\

Definition of HABILE

: having general skill : able, skillful

Origin of HABILE

Middle English (Scots) habyll, from Middle French habile, from Latin habilis — more at able
First Known Use: 15th century

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: habiliment
Previous Word in the Dictionary: Haber process
All Words Near: habile

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up habile? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).