capacity

Speech parts

1. capacity - Noun

2. capacity - Adjective

Meaning

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.

Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.

Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

capability ability efficiency skill talent power size space potential content room extent facility scope faculty
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Antonyms

incapacity body potential adieu empty inability
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Hypernyms

power production role function office ability

Hyponyms

activity resistance prescience prevision formatted capacity vital capacity

Related terms

capacious

Phrases with the word

beyond one's capacity within one's capacity storage capacity capacity for flow capacity capacity planning

Derivatives

capacities

Examples

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. Ezra Pound

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. Plautus

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Warren Bennis

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

capacitorless capacitous capacitron capacity batting capacity building capacity constraints