Word Type

Noun

The word "ability" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

disability inability inability

Derived Terms

Motability ability grouping ability point ability to pay diffability entransy nonability notability subability superability transability

Derived From

able

Etymologically Related To

able ity

Context

limited to scottish

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cognition knowledge noesis quality

Type Of (IsA)

cognition disposition quality

Receives Action

acquired through experience

Related Terms

able

Related Terms

able ableness address agreeability aptitude availability avoidability can can do capable clusterability collocability combinability competence condition countability crystallizability dexterity disability do editability enforceability enjoyability factorizability falsifiability function googlability googleability governability impassability impassibility inclination installability investigability mappability mouldability movability passability playability preventability printability rapability rationalizability recognizability registerability removability repairability resettability respectability scanability seeability skill skillfulness special special skill specified suitability supportability togglability tolerability treatability undoability universalisability unmappability usability washability wearability winnability writability

Synonym Network

capability capacity talent

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