Ability and Inability

Opposite meaning words

sentence examples collocations

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.
Usage example: as a result of the accident the once-vigorous athlete lost the ability to walk
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Ability
Antonyms for Ability
Inability is an antonym for ability in topics: capability, perform, natural or acquired power in a.
Nearby Word: able

Inability

Inability noun - The lack of sufficient ability, power, or means.
Usage example: the apparent inability of young children to sit still
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Inability
Antonyms for Inability
Ability is an antonym for inability in topics: incapability, skill.
Similar words of ability

Similar words of inability

How words are described

human human ability human inability
good good ability good inability
physical physical ability physical inability
similar similar ability similar inability
Other adjectives: natural, poor, real, extreme, inherent, magic, supernatural, new, general, apparent, strange, said.

Both words in one sentence

  • Genre-Busting Along the way it explores issues surrounding violence, the extinction of old cultures, the ability or inability of people to adapt to a changing world, and more.
    Source: Genre-Busting
  • Film / The Lost Weekend Whether the inability to write has exacerbated his drinking or his drinking has robbed him of the ability to write is unclear.
    Source: Film / The Lost Weekend
  • Creator / Ray Bradbury Several members of the Elliot family display vampire like characteristics such as the ability to shapeshift and the inability to be seen in mirrors.
    Source: Creator / Ray Bradbury
More sentences
Cite this Source
Inability and Ability. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ability/inability
Ability & Inability. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ability/inability>.
Inability or Ability. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ability/inability.

Antonyms for ability


Antonyms for inability

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "ability" and "inability" have occurred on timeline