skilled, experienced, Fr. au fait, practiced, qualified; adapted, suited, fitted.
2. capable of a. needing, in need of, wanting, requiring; receptive, impressionable, (all usu. fol. by of or to) susceptible, open, accessible, subject, b. predisposed to, inclined to, prone to, liable to, likely to, having a tendency for, tendentious, tendential, Archaic. propense. capacious, adj. large, spacious, roomy, ample, commodious, voluminous; broad, expansive, wide, extensive, widespread; vast, immense, amplitudinous; huge, big, great, massive, gigantic, tremendous, mammoth, capacitate, v. enable, empower, qualify; sanction, warrant, authorize; equip, endow, endue, supply, fit out, arm. capacity, n. 1. amplitude, ampleness, magnitude, largeness, sufficiency, room, Naut. burden; volume, dimensions, proportions, measure, space, size, scope, extent, range, compass.
2. aptitude, potential, capability, the stuff, Inf. what it takes, U.S. Inf. the goods; intelligence, intellect, aptness, wit, mother wit, sagacity, head, brain, mind; acumen, penetration, perspicacity; sense, reason, judgment, understanding; ability, gift, talent, endowment, forte; competence, adequacy, sufficiency, capableness, readiness.
3. withstandingness, resistance, tolerance; endurance, strength, power; susceptibility, vulnerability.
4. position, post, place, office; function, responsibility, job, duty, performance.
5. legitimation, authorization, empowerment; certification, license, warrant, sanction.
6. (all of electricity) capacitance, potential, output, yield, production. caparison, n. 1. trappings, housings; harness, tack, tackle, rigging.
2. finery, frippery, fancy dress, adornment, ornamentation, investiture, Inf. full or fine feather, Brit. Inf. full fig, SI. fancy duds, SI. glad rags, SI. heavy threads; (all of a sumptuous nature) wardrobe, livery, dress, attire, apparel, Archaic, vesture.
3. (all of a sumptuous nature) equipment, equipage, apparatus, gear, accouterments, appurtenances, appointments; fixtures, fittings, habiliments, Inf. things; outfit, outfitting, turnout, rig.
-v. 4. (all with a caparison) outfit, fit out, git up, fit, rig up, rig out, rig, turn out, gear; equip, furnish, supply, provide, Obs. appoint.
5. deck, deck out, bedeck, trap, adorn, array, ornament; (all to a sumptuous degree) dress, dress out, clothe, vest, garb, attire, apparel, habit, SI. dude up; gown, robe, drape. cape1, n. cloak, capote, robe, dolan, domino, alsa, mantle, pelisse, pelerine, cope, burnoose, mantelet, Rom. Cath. Ch. mantelletta, (in Spain and Spanish America) manta, Obs. manteau; poncho, shawl, wrap. cape2, n. peninsula, chersonese, tongue, neck, Archaic. ness; promontory, headland, foreland, tip,
point.
caper, n. 1. frolic, frisk, romp, gambol; hop, skip,
bounce, spring, prance, leap, jump, bound.
2. prank, trick, practical joke; antic, shenanigans, gambado, Inf. dido; fun, sport, jest, game; escapade, lark, spree, adventure.
-v. 3. skip, hop, dance about; leap, jump, bound about; frolic, frisk, romp, gambol, cavort, capital, n. 1. seat of government, center of government, first city.
2. capital letter, majuscule, initial letter, Inf. cap, upper-case letter, uncial letter.