States and conditions

Synonyms for capability

The synonym for capability recorded in this bank is capacity, in the sense "the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for capability

capacitynoun, in the sense "the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for capability.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

The capability of a metal to be fused.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

capacity

Same sentence, swapped: The capacity of a metal to be fused.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where capability stands in the sentence above.

sensitivity
liability
predisposition

Where capability turns up in the game

capability is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where capability is the trap

capacitynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is content, in the sense "the amount that can be contained", and capability is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play capability

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so capability reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

capability is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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