Entry Word: ability

Function: noun

Meaning: the physical or mental power to do something <as a result of the accident he lost the ability to walk>

Synonyms capability, capacity, competence, competency, faculty

Related Words aptitude, aptness, endowment, facility, gift, knack, talent; adroitness, deftness, dexterity, prowess, skill; gray matter, instinct, intelligence, reason, understanding; potency, staying power, stuff; adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, fitness, form, influence, resourcefulness, usefulness; means, resources, wherewithal

Near Antonyms helplessness, impotence, paralysis, powerlessness, weakness; defectiveness, deficiency, inadequacy, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, uselessness; debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation

Antonyms disability, inability, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness