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 company also reports holding approvals associated with FHA, VA, USDA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, and serving in Ginnie Mae issuer and servicing capacities. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Developing these emotional capacities is crucial for navigating the challenges of building something new. — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

In order to meet surging customer demand, TSMC is aggressively optimizing its leading-edge capacities, including a fast conversion of its 5-nanometer capacity to the advanced 3-nanometer node to support customers, Huang said. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 19 July 2026

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