Synonyms of capabilities

capabilities

noun

plural of capability

1

as in abilities

a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job

the nature of the tasks to which you are assigned will depend on your capabilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abilities
• qualifications
• proficiencies
• facilities
• capacities
• credentials
• talents
• competencies
• goods
• expertises
• competences
• stuff
• faculties
• specialities
• aptitudes
• gifts
• specialisms
• potentialities
• endowments
• specialties
• commands
• suitabilities
• know-hows
• masterships
• strong suits
• flairs
• fortes
• makings
• knacks
• long suits
• métiers
• geniuses
• masteries

2

as in capacities

the physical or mental power to do something

the natural capability some people seem to have for teaching

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abilities
• capacities
• skills
• talents
• faculties
• aptitudes
• competencies
• competences
• facilities
• reasons
• equipments
• instincts
• gifts
• resources
• intelligences
• endowments
• knacks
• hands
• understandings
• prowesses
• dexterities
• addresses
• potencies
• influences
• adequacies
• gray matters
• means
• stuff
• mights
• staying powers
• puissances
• forms
• wherewithals
• kens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incapabilities
• inabilities
• incapacities
• disabilities
• weaknesses
• impotences
• deficiencies
• inadequacies
• incompetences
• incompetencies
• ineptitudes
• impairments
• ineffectualities
• inefficacies
• debilitations
• incapacitations
• disablements
• paralyses

3

as in possibilities

something that can develop or become actual

there are great capabilities in the property, either as a bed-and-breakfast or as a private home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possibilities
• potentials
• prospects
• potentialities
• probabilities
• eventualities
• likelihoods
• potencies
• latencies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• realities
• actualities
• certainties

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of capabilities

Offices belonging to the City of Jacksonville, Florida, and City of Austin, Texas, reported similar disruptions to email capabilities. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 13 Nov. 2026

Huang had advocated for expanding Nvidia's access to the Chinese market, even as lawmakers from both parties warned that sophisticated AI chips could strengthen China's military and intelligence capabilities. — Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026

Pace includes efforts to modernize Nike’s global supply chain, the establishment of a new campus in India to fuel its enterprise capabilities, a realignment to three geographies, and further streamlining of the organization to reduce costs. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026

Morgan Stanley built out those capabilities through its acquisitions of stock plan management platform Solium in 2019, now known as Shareworks, and brokerage platform E-Trade in 2020. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026

These capabilities could help spacecraft establish reliable connections during demanding orbital operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026

Amazon's Alexa+ and Google’s Gemini offer similar conversational capabilities, but the HomeView is the best of the bunch at juggling multiple household members. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026

GuangYu utilized extensive in-house manufacturing capabilities to wrap the chassis in lightweight carbon-fiber panels to create a vehicle that delivers a staggering 370 hp per metric ton. — New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026