capacity

The word “capacity” has 4 syllables: ca-pa-ci-ty

It's pronounced as /kəˈpæsɪti/

What is synonym and antonym for capacity?

In the thesaurus, “capacity” has 148 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for capacity along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for capacity

ability
accommodation
activity
address
adequacy
adroitness
affair
amplitude
appointment
aptitude
aptness
area
assignment
bent
berth
billet
brains
bulk
burden
business
caliber
calling
capability
capableness
career
charge
cleverness
commission
compass
competence
competency
complement
concern
connection
contents
cubage
deftness
dexterity
dimensions
duty
effectiveness
effectualness
efficiency
employ
employment
endowment
engagement
equipment
expanse
extent
facility
faculty
fill
fitness
form
forte
full
fullness
function
genius
gift
gig
gray matter
hand
holding ability
holding power
inclination
influence
instinct
intelligence
involvement
job
ken
knack
latitude
lifework
line
livelihood
living
load
magnitude
mass
means
measure
might
mission
niche
occupation
office
part
participation
place
position
post
posting
potency
power
practice
practise
profession
proportions
prowess
puissance
purpose
pursuit
qualification
quantity
racket
range
reach
readiness
real estate
reason
resourcefulness
resources
responsibility
retention
role
room
scope
service
situation
size
skill
space
spot
spread
standing room only
stature
staying power
stowage
strength
stuff
sufficiency
sweep
talent
task
the goods
trade
understanding
up to it
use
usefulness
vocation
volume
what it takes
wherewithal
work

Antonyms for capacity

avocation
debilitation
defectiveness
deficiency
disability
disablement
helplessness
ignorance
impairment
impotence
inability
inadequacy
inadequateness
inaptitude
incapability
incapableness
incapacitation
incapacity
incompetence
incompetency
ineffectiveness
ineffectuality
ineffectualness
inefficaciousness
inefficacy
inefficiency
ineptitude
ineptness
joblessness
lack
limitation
paralysis
powerlessness
stupidity
unemployment
uselessness
weakness

Meanings of capacity

noun
1. The ability to hold, receive or absorb.
2. A measure of such ability; volume.
3. The maximum amount that can be held.
4. Capability; the ability to perform some task.
5. The maximum that can be produced.
6. Mental ability; the power to learn.
7. A faculty; the potential for growth and development.
8. A role; the position in which one functions.
9. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
10. Electrical capacitance.
11. (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
adjective
1. Filling the allotted space.

Example Sentences

The stadium was filled to its full capacity during the championship game.
She has an incredible capacity for learning new languages.
The water tank’s capacity is 1,000 liters.
He worked in the capacity of a consultant for several years.
The computer’s memory capacity affects how many programs it can run at once.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to capacity, such as: ability, accommodation, activity, address, adequacy, adroitness, affair.

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