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able
adjective
the university attracts able students from across the UK:
intelligent, clever, brilliant, talented, skilful, skilled, accomplished, gifted, masterly, virtuoso, expert;
proficient, apt, good, adroit, adept, qualified, fit, suited, suitable;
capable, competent, efficient, effective;
informal genius.
antonyms incompetent, incapable, inept.
able to
visitors will be able to buy some of the articles on display:
allowed to, free to, in a position to;
capable of, qualified to, competent to, equal to, up to, fit to, prepared to.
choose the right word able, competent, capable, efficient
See competent.
able Oxford Dictionary of English