is able to

Possesses the capability

Is able to indicates having the capacity, skill, or opportunity to do something.

It functions as a more formal or emphatic alternative to can: She is able to speak three languages, Will you be able to attend?

The phrase often implies overcoming difficulty or achieving something noteworthy: After months of therapy, he was finally able to walk again.

Related

open · authorization · achievability · try · prospect · opportunity · workability · manageability · empowered · practicality · likelihood · talent · promise · inherent · run · training · latent · dormant

Opposites
capability/capacity

is able tocannot

Lacks the ability

can't

permission/authorization

is able tomust not

Forbidden to do

Family

able, ability, abilities, unable, ably, enable, enables, enabled, enabling

Familiarity
Top 20,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G