capable

Adjective

• have the skills and qualifications to do things well
  • able teachers
    
  • a capable administrator
    
  • children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
    

• having the requisite qualities for
  • equal to the task
    
  • the work isn't up to the standard I require
    

• (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for
  • no one believed her capable of murder
    

• possibly accepting or permitting
  • a passage capable of misinterpretation
    
  • open to interpretation
    
  • an issue open to question
    
  • the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
    

• (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
  • capable of winning
    
  • capable of hard work
    
  • capable of walking on two feet
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  able , adequate to(p) , equal to(p) , up to(p) , open , subject