CAPABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capableness mean? 

• CAPABLENESS (noun)
  The noun CAPABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. an aptitude that may be developed

2. the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

  Familiarity information: CAPABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aptitude that may be developed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

capability; capableness; potentiality

Hypernyms ("capableness" is a kind of...):

aptitude (inherent ability)

Attribute:

capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)

incapable ((followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capableness"):

perfectibility (the capability of becoming perfect)

compass; grasp; range; reach (the limit of capability)

imperfectibility (the capability of becoming imperfect)

Derivation:

capable (have the skills and qualifications to do things well)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

capability; capableness

Context example:

he worked to the limits of his capability

Hypernyms ("capableness" is a kind of...):

ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)

Attribute:

capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)

incapable ((followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capableness"):

associability; associableness (the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought)

defensibility (capability of being defended)

executability (capability of being executed)

capacity (capability to perform or produce)

military capability; military posture; military strength; posture; strength (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war)

operating capability; performance capability (the capability of a technological system to perform as intended)

overkill (the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required)

Antonym:

incapableness (the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)

Derivation:

capable ((usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability)

capable ((followed by 'of') having the temperament or inclination for)

capable (have the skills and qualifications to do things well)