capable — OAT

capable

adjective

a very capable young woman:

competent, able, efficient, effective, proficient, accomplished, adept, apt, practiced, experienced, qualified, skillful, skilled, masterly, talented, gifted;

clever, intelligent;

informal handy, useful;

rare habile.

▷antonyms incompetent, inept.

□ be capable of

1 I'm quite capable of looking after myself | I don't believe he's capable of murder:

have the ability to, have the potential to, be equal to (the task of), be up to;

be disposed to, be inclined to, be prone to, be liable to, be likely to, be apt to;

informal have what it takes to.

2 the strange events are capable of rational explanation:

be open to, be susceptible of, admit of, allow of.

choose the right word	capable, competent, efficient, able
See competent.