Synonyms of capacities

capacities

noun

plural of capacity

1

as in volumes

the largest number or amount that something can hold

the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• volumes
• loads
• areas
• spaces
• complements
• cubages
• real estates
• burdens
• measures
• fills
• room
• stowages

2

as in positions

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• positions
• jobs
• functions
• situations
• places
• employments
• posts
• connections
• appointments
• employs
• berths
• billets
• offices
• professions
• occupations
• works
• vocations
• duties
• pursuits
• services
• businesses
• callings
• tasks
• spots
• careers
• practices
• postings
• engagements
• missions
• trades
• livelihoods
• gigs
• lines
• livings
• rackets
• lifeworks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avocations
• unemployments

3

as in roles

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists

offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roles
• purposes
• tasks
• functions
• jobs
• parts
• works
• positions
• places
• businesses
• missions
• activities
• concerns
• hands
• duties
• involvements
• situations
• services
• vocations
• offices
• responsibilities
• participations
• occupations
• affairs
• pursuits
• uses
• callings
• posts
• niches
• assignments
• commissions
• employs
• charges

4

as in abilities

the physical or mental power to do something

not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of capacities

The $70-$140 range gets you larger sizes and capacities, higher wattages and extra features. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Anyone who managed to win the big one even once is automatically in the one per cent of the one per cent, never mind twice, in different capacities. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Hochul said her order specifically applies to data centers with capacities larger than 50 megawatts. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Those with large capacities, laptop sleeves and several pockets and compartments to help with organization are generally best for school or college. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Those are undoubtedly the capacities that most readily distinguish us from machines. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Lithium batteries in general are capable of discharging a greater percentage of their full capacity without any negative effects, commonly offering usable capacities of 80% or more. — New Atlas, 10 July 2026

Allies are also investing in ammunition production and other defense-industrial capacities. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2026

These human capacities may become even more valuable as artificial intelligence automates increasing portions of technical and procedural labor. — Jason Benedict, Fortune, 7 July 2026