Synonyms for capacities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-pas-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpæs ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for capacities Other synonyms for the word capacities
- accommodation
- adequacy
- amplitude
- aptitude
- aptness
- bent
- brains
- bulk
- burden
- caliber
- cleverness
- compass
- contents
- dimensions
- expanse
- extent
- faculty
- forte
- full
- genius
- gift
- holding ability
- holding power
- inclination
- intelligence
- knack
- latitude
- magnitude
- mass
- measure
- might
- proportions
- qualification
- range
- reach
- retention
- room
- space
- spread
- standing room only
- stature
- strength
- sufficiency
- sweep
- talent
- the goods
- up to it
- what it takes
Définition of capacities
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French capacité "ability to hold" (15c.), from Latin capacitatem (nominative capacitas) "breadth, capacity, capability of holding much," noun of state from capax (genitive capacis) "able to hold much," from capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "largest audience a place can hold" is 1908.
- noun volume; limit of volume held
- noun ability; competency
- Doubtless his new ethereal form has its capacities and privileges.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- The form of union is but a symbol of the people's character, their desires, and capacities.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- The virtues and capacities of these my comrades will always haunt my imagination.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- Within the limit of their capacities they can do many things.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Well, first of all I thought I ought to show her the capacities of our house.
- Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
- How leniently, then, should we deal with those who labor for our pleasure in these capacities!
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- The discovery of man and his capacities, then, is the great gift of Greece to the world.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- Only his own desire and capacities were to determine his limitations.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
- I did not feel worthy to fill the capacities of that noble heart.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- She learned the capacities and peculiarities of the negro race.
- Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
Antonyms for capacities
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