💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Be able to"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| willnoun | One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. |
| have it in oneverb | (informal, idiomatic) To be able to do something; to have the capacity to achieve something. |
| enableverb | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| was able to | — |
| can do withverb | (transitive, usually with could) To need; to want; to be in a position to benefit from. |
| able | Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. |
| might canverb | (double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialects, chiefly Southern US) might be able to; be potentially able to |
| admitverb | (transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| have the heartverb | (chiefly in the negative) To have the capacity (to do something); to be able to bring oneself to do something, especially something cruel or hardhearted. [with to (+ infinitive)] |
| capacitateverb | (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity. |
| couldverb | conditional of can |
| inable | (obsolete, now nonstandard) Unable, not able. |
| might couldverb | (double modal / stacked modal, used in some dialects, chiefly Southern US) might be able to (used to soften "could" or make it even more conditional) |
| possibilitateverb | (rare) To make possible. |
| affordverb | To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare. |
| be supposed to | — |
| wouldverb | Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive. |
| shouldnoun | Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable. |
| have a head forverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To be capable with, knowledgeable about, or competent in dealing with. |
| have timeverb | To have enough time, e.g. for doing something. |
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