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ability
Overview of noun ability
The noun ability has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (20) ability -- (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment)
2. (9) ability, power -- (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
=> adaptability
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> competence, competency
=> form
=> interoperability
=> magical ability, magical power
=> Midas touch
=> penetration
=> physical ability
=> contractility
=> capability, capableness
=> totipotency, totipotence
=> immunocompetence
Sense 2
ability, power
=> know-how
=> leadership
=> intelligence
=> aptitude
=> bilingualism
=> capacity, mental ability
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> originality
=> skill, science
=> skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
=> hand
=> superior skill
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
=> quality
Sense 2
ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
Antonyms of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
Antonym of inability (Sense 2)
=>inability, unfitness
Sense 2
ability, power
Antonym of inability (Sense 1)
=>inability
Member Holonyms of noun ability
Substance Holonyms of noun ability
Part Holonyms of noun ability
Member Meronyms of noun ability
Substance Meronyms of noun ability
Part Meronyms of noun ability
Meronyms of noun ability
Holonyms of noun ability
Attributes of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
=> able (vs. unable)
=> unable (vs. able)
Sense 2
ability, power
=> able (vs. unable)
Derived Forms of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
RELATED TO>(adj) able#2
=> able, capable
RELATED TO>(adj) able#3
=> able
RELATED TO>(adj) able#1
=> able
Sense 2
ability, power
RELATED TO>(adj) able#2
=> able, capable
RELATED TO>(adj) able#3
=> able
RELATED TO>(adj) able#1
=> able
Domain of noun ability
Domain Terms of noun ability
Familiarity of noun ability
ability used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Sense 1
ability
> quality
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> attraction, attractiveness
=> clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
=> opacity, opaqueness
=> divisibility
=> ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness
=> difficulty, difficultness
=> combustibility, combustibleness, burnability
=> suitability, suitableness
=> arability
=> impressiveness
=> navigability
=> neediness
=> painfulness, distressingness
=> piquancy, piquance, piquantness
=> publicity
=> spinnability
=> unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness
=> protectiveness
=> nature
=> humanness, humanity, manhood
=> air, aura, atmosphere
=> excellence
=> ultimate
=> characteristic
=> salability, salableness
=> changeableness, changeability
=> changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
=> sameness
=> difference
=> certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion
=> probability
=> uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness
=> factuality, factualness
=> counterfactuality
=> materiality, physicalness, corporeality, corporality
=> immateriality, incorporeality
=> particularity, specialness
=> generality
=> simplicity, simpleness
=> complexity, complexness
=> regularity
=> irregularity, unregularity
=> mobility
=> immobility
=> pleasantness, sweetness
=> unpleasantness
=> credibility, credibleness, believability
=> incredibility, incredibleness
=> logicality, logicalness
=> illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence
=> naturalness
=> unnaturalness
=> virtu, vertu
=> wholesomeness
=> unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity
=> satisfactoriness
=> unsatisfactoriness
=> ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> extraordinariness
=> ethnicity
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
=> nativeness
=> originality
=> unoriginality
=> correctness, rightness
=> incorrectness, wrongness
=> accuracy, truth
=> accuracy
=> inaccuracy
=> distinction
=> popularity
=> unpopularity
=> lawfulness
=> unlawfulness
=> elegance
=> elegance
=> inelegance
=> urbanity
=> comprehensibility, understandability
=> expressiveness
=> incomprehensibility
=> humaneness
=> inhumaneness, inhumanity
=> morality
=> immorality
=> amorality
=> divinity
=> holiness, sanctity, sanctitude
=> ideality
=> unholiness
=> parental quality
=> fidelity, faithfulness
=> infidelity, unfaithfulness
=> sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
=> naivete, naivety, naiveness
=> penetrability, perviousness
=> impenetrability, imperviousness
=> soapiness
=> fibrosity, fibrousness
=> directivity, directiveness
=> extremeness
=> stuffiness, closeness
=> sufficiency, adequacy
=> worth
=> worthlessness, ineptitude
=> good, goodness
=> bad, badness
=> fruitfulness, fecundity
=> fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
=> utility, usefulness
=> inutility, uselessness, unusefulness
=> asset, plus
=> constructiveness
=> destructiveness
=> positivity, positiveness, positivism
=> negativity, negativeness, negativism
=> occidentalism
=> orientalism
=> power, powerfulness
=> ability
=> powerlessness, impotence, impotency
=> inability, unfitness
=> romanticism, romance
=> domesticity
=> infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness
=> finiteness, finitude, boundedness
=> quantifiability, measurability
=> solubility
=> insolubility
=> stuff
=> hot stuff, voluptuousness
=> humor, humour
=> pathos, poignancy
=> tone
=> brachycephaly, brachycephalism
=> dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism
=> relativity
=> responsiveness
=> unresponsiveness, deadness
=> subjectivism
=> snootiness
=> ulteriority
=> memorability
=> woodiness, woodsiness
=> waxiness
Sense 2
ability, power
> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> mind, head, brain, psyche, nous
=> place
=> public knowledge, general knowledge
=> episteme
=> ability, power
=> inability
=> lexis
=> vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
=> practice
=> cognitive factor
=> equivalent
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> process, unconscious process
=> perception
=> structure
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> information
=> history
=> attitude, mental attitude
Meronyms of noun ability
2 senses of ability
Holonyms of noun ability
Grep of noun ability
ability
acceptability
accountability
achievability
adaptability
admirability
adorability
advisability
affability
agreeability
alterability
amenability
amiability
amicability
answerability
applicability
approachability
arability
assailability
associability
attainability
availability
believability
bendability
breakability
burnability
capability
changeability
commutability
companionability
comparability
conceivability
conditional probability
contingent probability
culpability
curability
delectability
demonstrability
dependability
desirability
despicability
disability
discernability
dispensability
disreputability
duplicability
durability
equatability
exchangeability
excitability
executability
fatigability
flammability
formidability
friability
habitability
immovability
immutability
impalpability
impeachability
impeccability
impenetrability
imperishability
impermeability
imperturbability
impracticability
impregnability
improbability
inability
inadvisability
inapplicability
incapability
incommutability
inconceivability
inculpability
incurability
indefatigability
indictability
indispensability
indisputability
indistinguishability
indomitability
indubitability
ineluctability
inevitability
inexorability
inflammability
inscrutability
instability
insurability
interchangeability
interoperability
intractability
invariability
invulnerability
irritability
joint probability
knowledgeability
laudability
learning ability
learning disability
liability
limited liability
magical ability
malleability
manageability
maneuverability
manipulability
manoeuvrability
marriageability
measurability
memorability
mental ability
merchantability
metastability
military capability
movability
mutability
natural ability
navigability
notability
noticeability
operating capability
palatability
palpability
penetrability
perdurability
performance capability
perishability
permeability
permutability
physical ability
pliability
portability
practicability
predictability
probability
profitability
provability
quantifiability
quotability
ratability
rateability
readability
reliability
replaceability
reputability
respectability
salability
scalability
separability
serviceability
sociability
solvability
spinnability
squeezability
stability
stainability
stretchability
substitutability
suitability
sustainability
tax liability
taxability
tenability
tractability
transferability
transmutability
transposability
unacceptability
unadaptability
unalterability
unapproachability
unavailability
unavoidability
unchangeability
undependability
understandability
undesirability
unexchangeability
uninsurability
unmalleability
unpalatability
unpredictability
unprofitability
unquestionability
unreliability
unrespectability
unsociability
unsolvability
unsuitability
usability
variability
venerability
viability
vulnerability
Grep of adv ability
in all probability
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