abler

Better at tasks

Abler is the comparative form of able, meaning more capable or skilled: She's abler than most at handling difficult clients.

The word is correct but somewhat formal; more able often sounds more natural in speech.

competent

capable

Having required skills

qualified · talented · experienced · knowledgeable · expert · efficient · effective · practiced · trained · accomplished

empowering

strengthening

Increasing power or solidity

improving · elevating · advancing · augmenting · amplifying · increasing · heightening · bolstering · reinforcing · upgrading

supportive

helpful

Giving useful aid

conducive · beneficial · advantageous · useful · serviceable · instrumental · contributory · constructive · favorable · propitious

Opposites
capability/competence

ablerweaker

Diminished in force

feebler · clumsier · duller · slower

Phrases
Family

able, enable, unable, disabled, disable, enables, enabling, enabled, ablest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G