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Ability

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent.

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Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Acquirement 76% connected

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Adaptability 76% connected

Alt. of Adaptableness

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Aptitude 76% connected

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

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Attainment 76% connected

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

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Bilingualism 76% connected

Quality of being bilingual.

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Capability 76% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Capableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Capacity 76% connected

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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Competence 76% connected

Alt. of Competency

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Competency 76% connected

The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

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Contractility 76% connected

The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

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Creativeness 76% connected

The quality of being creative.

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Faculty 76% connected

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Leadership 76% connected

The office of a leader.

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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Originality 76% connected

The quality or state of being original.

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Penetration 76% connected

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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Science 76% connected

Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

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Sensitivity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Skill 76% connected

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Able 74% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Able 74% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Able 66% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Able 66% connected

Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Unable 66% connected

Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an in…

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Unable 66% connected

Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an in…

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Synonym 1

Power 92% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Antonym 2

Inability 94% connected

The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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Inability 94% connected

The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

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