ability
Meaning of ability
- possession of the means or skill to do something.
the manager had lost his ability to motivate the players
- talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area.
a man of exceptional ability
pupils of all abilities
late Middle English: from Old French ablete, from Latin habilitas, from habilis ‘able’.
suffix
forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable ).
from French -abilité or Latin -abilitas .
Information about ability
- The plural form of ability is: abilities.
- Languages in which ability is used:
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Hyphenation of ability
abil-ity
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- ability is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ability synonyms
Meaning power:
Meaning the ability or power to do or understand something:
Meaning the power or ability to do something:
Meaning latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness:
Meaning an aptitude for doing something:
Meaning the quality of being appropriate or suitable:
Meaning a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily:
Meaning an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way:
Meaning the money or other means needed for a particular purpose:
Meaning an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method:
Meaning a state of readiness, especially for war:
Meaning natural aptitude or skill:
Meaning the ability to do something well; expertise:
Meaning expert skill or knowledge in a particular field:
Meaning a natural tendency:
Meaning skill or expertise in a particular activity or field:
Meaning comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity:
Meaning creative skill or ability:
Meaning something that has been achieved successfully:
Meaning the ability to do something successfully or efficiently:
Meaning a high degree of skill; expertise:
Meaning skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands:
Meaning cleverness or skill:
Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:
Meaning a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well:
Meaning impressive delicacy and skill:
Meaning a natural ability or talent:
Meaning an acquired or natural skill at doing something:
Meaning exceptional talent or intelligence:
Meaning exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability:
Meaning the action or fact of becoming qualified as a recognized practitioner of a profession or activity:
Meaning the ability to find clever ways to overcome difficulties; resourcefulness:
ability antonyms
Meaning the state of being unable to do something:
Meaning physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs:
Translation of ability
- Italian: capacità
- Portuguese: capacidade
- French: capacité
- Spanish: capacidad
Words that rhyme with ability
Biblicality, Equality, Leviticality, Scripturality, abmodality, abnormality, aboriginality, accentuality, accidentality, accidentiality, achirality, actuality, acyclicality, adverbiality, aeriality, alamodality, ality, allodiality, alodiality, ambilaterality, ambisexuality, amorality, anality, analyticality, animality, anormality, anticommerciality, antimorality, antineutrality, antinormality, antiplurality, antirationality, antireality, antisensuality, antisexuality, antisociality, apoliticality, archiepiscopality, areality, artificiality, asexuality, atonality, attentionality, atypicality, autocephality, aviatoriality, axiality, balmorality, banality, bestiality