able

adj. capable, competent; talented

Abel may refer to:In the Bible, Abel is one of two children of Adam and Evebeing healthy or possessing any abilityIn fiction:Able Crown, a fictional character from DC ComicsDoctor Able Cuvier, a fictional character from Batman BeyondIn technology:ABLE (nuclear weapon), a nuclear weapon test series conducted by the United States in the summer of 1946ABLE (programming language), a simplified programming languageAble space probes, probes in the Pioneer program
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-able and -ible are two common suffixes in English. As they are pronounced the same way, they are often confused in spelling. This leads to many spelling mistakes.
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Adjective
1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project"
(antonym) unable, not able
(attribute) ability
2. 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"
(synonym) capable
(similar) competent
3. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
(similar) capable
4. having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
(synonym) able-bodied
(similar) fit, healthy

n. ablet

(superl.)
Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
  

(superl.)
Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
  

(superl.)
Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
  

(superl.)
Fit; adapted; suitable.
  

(a.)
To vouch for.
  

(a.)
To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
  

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.