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capacity
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CAPACITY
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an assignment at which one regularly works for pay <served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year>
Synonyms appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situation
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the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists <offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer>
Related Words affair, concern, hand, involvement, participation; niche, office, post, situation; calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation; activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use
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the physical or mental power to do something <not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math>
Related Words aptitude, aptness, endowment, equipment, facility, gift, knack, talent; address, adroitness, deftness, dexterity, hand, prowess, skill; gray matter, instinct, intelligence, ken, reason, understanding; might, potency, puissance, staying power, stuff; adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, fitness, form, influence, resourcefulness, usefulness; means, resources, wherewithal
Near Antonyms helplessness, impotence, paralysis, powerlessness, weakness; defectiveness, deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness; debilitation, disablement, impairment, incapacitation
Antonyms disability, inability, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness
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