CAPABLENESS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

capableness

noun

Definition of capableness

as in ability

the physical or mental power to do something the very capableness of such a young child to commit a criminal act of any kind is questionable

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Noun

Suppressing this same pathway produced the opposite result, limiting the ability to switch behavior, driving longer bouts of the repetitive behavior, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ability

Noun

The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Nscale has just won a huge contract to supply computing capacity to Anthropic worth $45 billion over six years.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of capacity

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Lessons and performance data gathered through testing, experimentation, and training can be returned to developers and program managers to improve future capabilities.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Those capabilities, though, lie farther (but presumably not too far) down Starship’s developmental timeline.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

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