Any universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind able to understand it.
Source: tatoeba (1747)
Able
//ˈeɪ.bl̩//
Synonyms for "able" (109 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
productiveprofessionalproperpuzzlingquicksagacioussealedsharpskilfulskilledskillfulsmartstrangestrongsuitablesuitedtalentedunapparentunapprehendedunascertained
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unbeknownunchartedunclassifiedundisclosedundiscoverableundiscoveredundivulgedunexplainedunexploredunexposedunfamiliarunfathomedunheardunheard ofunheard-ofunidentifieduninvestigatedunknowableunknownunperceivedunplumbedunrevealedunsuspecteduntouchedup toup to snuffup-and-comingversatilevirginwell-fittedwell-qualifiedwell-suitedwickedworthy
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Antonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
14 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
199 translations across 57 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَارِع adj (skillful)
- شاطر adj (skillful)
- قادر adj (permitted to)
- قَادِر adj (permitted to)
Armenian
4 entries- ընդունակ adj (skillful)
- կարող adj (permitted to)
- ճարտար adj (skillful)
- ունակ adj (permitted to)
Belarusian
1 entries- здо́льны adj (skillful)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кадъ́рен adj (skillful)
- компетентен adj (permitted to)
- компетентен adj (legally qualified)
- позволен, в състояние да adj (permitted to)
Burmese
2 entries- စွမ်း adj (permitted to)
- စွမ်း adj (skillful)
Catalan
3 entries- capaç adj (permitted to)
- capaç adj (skillful)
- competent adj (legally qualified)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 可 adj (permitted to)
- 得力 adj (skillful)
- 會 /会 adj (permitted to)
- 有資格 /有资格 adj (legally qualified)
Czech
3 entries- schopný adj (permitted to)
- schopný adj (skillful)
- způsobilý adj (legally qualified)
Danish
4 entries- dygtig adj (skillful)
- habil adj (skillful)
- have mulighed for adj (permitted to)
- i stand til adj (permitted to)
Dutch
4 entries- bedreven adj (skillful)
- bekwaam adj (permitted to)
- bevoegd adj (legally qualified)
- competent adj (skillful)
Esperanto
4 entries- kompetenta adj (legally qualified)
- lerta adj (skillful)
- povi adj (permitted to)
- rajti adj (permitted to)
Estonian
3 entries- pädev adj (legally qualified)
- suuteline adj (permitted to)
- võimeline adj (permitted to)
Finnish
4 entries- hyvä adj (skillful)
- kykenevä adj (permitted to)
- pystyvä adj (permitted to)
- pystyvä adj (skillful)
French
4 entries- capable adj (permitted to)
- capable adj (skillful)
- expérimenté adj (skillful)
- habilité adj (legally qualified)
Georgian
2 entries- მარჯვე adj (skillful)
- უნარიანი adj (skillful)
German
4 entries- fähig adj (permitted to)
- fähig adj (skillful)
- imstande adj (permitted to)
- kompetent adj (legally qualified)
Greek
4 entries- έχων σώας τας φρένας adj (legally qualified)
- αρτιμελής adj (legally qualified)
- δυνάμενος adj (permitted to)
- είμαι ικανός να adj (permitted to)
Hebrew
3 entries- יָכֹל adj (permitted to)
- יכול adj (skillful)
- מסוגל adj (skillful)
Hindi
1 entries- समर्थ adj (skillful)
Hungarian
4 entries- ható adj (permitted to)
- hető adj (permitted to)
- hozzáértő adj (skillful)
- jogosult adj (legally qualified)
Indonesian
2 entries- boleh adj (legally qualified)
- sanggup adj (skillful)
Irish
4 entries- in ann adj (permitted to)
- in ann adj (skillful)
- ábalta adj (permitted to)
- ábalta adj (skillful)
Italian
2 entries- abile adj (skillful)
- capace adj (permitted to)
Japanese
4 entries- できる adj (permitted to)
- 有能 adj (skillful)
- 有資格の adj (legally qualified)
- 腕利き adj (skillful)
Jingpho
1 entries- dang di lu ai adj (permitted to)
Khmer
1 entries- អាច adj (permitted to)
Korean
3 entries- 능란한 adj (skillful)
- 유자격의 adj (legally qualified)
- 할 수 있는 adj (permitted to)
Latin
4 entries- habilis adj (skillful)
- licens adj (permitted to)
- potens adj (permitted to)
- potens adj (skillful)
Latvian
3 entries- izdarīgs adj (skillful)
- spējīgs adj (permitted to)
- veikls adj (skillful)
Luxembourgish
4 entries- capabel adj (permitted to)
- capabel adj (skillful)
- dichteg adj (skillful)
- dichteg adj (legally qualified)
Macedonian
1 entries- способен adj (skillful)
Malay
2 entries- boleh adj (skillful)
- dapat adj (permitted to)
Malayalam
4 entries- കഴിയുന്ന adj (permitted to)
- കഴിയുന്ന adj (legally qualified)
- കഴിവുള്ള adj (skillful)
- പറ്റുന്ന adj (permitted to)
Maltese
2 entries- kapaċi adj (permitted to)
- kapaċi adj (skillful)
Norwegian
1 entries- i stand adj (permitted to)
Persian
1 entries- توانستن adj (permitted to)
Polish
4 entries- mieć możliwość adj (permitted to)
- móc adj (permitted to)
- potrafić adj (permitted to)
- umiejętny adj (skillful)
Portuguese
4 entries- capaz adj (skillful)
- competente adj (legally qualified)
- hábil adj (skillful)
- permitido adj (permitted to)
Quechua
1 entries- kuti adj (skillful)
Rohingya
1 entries- fare adj (permitted to)
Romanian
4 entries- abil adj (skillful)
- abilitat adj (legally qualified)
- capabil adj (skillful)
- competent adj (legally qualified)
Russian
4 entries- компете́нтный adj (legally qualified)
- полнопра́вный adj (legally qualified)
- спосо́бный adj (permitted to)
- спосо́бный adj (skillful)
Sanskrit
1 entries- समर्थ adj (skillful)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- comasach adj (skillful)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kadar adj (skillful)
- sposoban adj (skillful)
- vješt adj (skillful)
- вјешт adj (skillful)
Slovak
3 entries- kompetentný adj (legally qualified)
- schopný adj (permitted to)
- schopný adj (skillful)
Spanish
4 entries- capaz adj (permitted to)
- capaz adj (skillful)
- competente adj (legally qualified)
- diestro adj (skillful)
Sundanese
1 entries- kersa adj (skillful)
Swedish
4 entries- ha möjlighet att adj (permitted to)
- i stånd att adj (permitted to)
- kapabel adj (permitted to)
- kompetent adj (skillful)
Tocharian B
1 entries- cämpamo adj (skillful)
Turkish
1 entries- muktedir adj (permitted to)
Ukrainian
3 entries- в стані adj (permitted to)
- здатний adj (permitted to)
- здібний adj (skillful)
Uyghur
2 entries- قابىل adj (permitted to)
- قادىر adj (permitted to)
Vietnamese
4 entries- có năng lực adj (skillful)
- có phép adj (permitted to)
- có tài adj (skillful)
- có đủ thẩm quyền adj (legally qualified)
Volapük
3 entries- duinafägik adj (legally qualified)
- fägik adj (permitted to)
- skilik adj (skillful)
West-Frisian
1 entries- betûft adj (skillful)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- kyinandoo adj (permitted to)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.
Source: tatoeba (1868)
The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (1969)
The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
Source: tatoeba (1973)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.
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