ABILITY Synonyms

• the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• an aptitude that may be developed

• capability to perform or produce

• the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

• the amount that can be contained

• the maximum production possible

• a specified function

• (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive

• an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

• the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

• tolerance for alcohol

• possession of controlling influence

• (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• physical strength

• a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

• energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• supply the force or power for the functioning of

• natural abilities or qualities

• a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

• the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

• skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

• a special way of doing something

• the quality of having great facility and competence

• skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

• an ability that has been acquired by training

• ability to produce solutions in some problem domain

• a disposition to behave in a certain way

• appropriateness for the occasion

• the power of creative imagination

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the property of being ingenious

• adroitness in using the hands

• one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school