Synonym: aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, efficiency, power, skill, talent. Antonym: disability, inability, incapability, incapacity. Similar words: stability, liability, capability, disability, reliability, availability, accountability, flexibility. Meaning: [ə'bɪlətɪ] 
n. 1. the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment 2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.
n. 1. the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment 2. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done. 
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(61) Strength shows, not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over.
(62) Their parents had an almost preternatural ability to understand what was going on in their children's minds.
(63) Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.
(64) The ability to impart knowledge and command respect is the essential qualification for teachers.
(65) The woman secretaries should be employed for their ability not for their looks.
(66) Everyone has the right to good medical care regardless of their ability to pay.
(67) Academic ability is not the sole criterion for admission to the college.
(68) Sometimes you are not without effort, but chose the wrong direction; sometimes, success is not your ability, but by the power of others.
(69) He assured us of his ability to solve the problem.
(70) Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
(71) There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize.
(72) They have never evinced any readiness or ability to negotiate.
(73) Hard work can often make up for a lack of ability.
(74) I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before.
(75) I envy your ability to work so fast.
(76) There is considerable variation in ability across the range.
(77) Ability and hard work cinched his success. Sentencedict.com
(78) He has demonstrated an ability to meet deadlines.
(79) He showed exceptional musical ability.
(80) What criteria are used for assessing a student's ability?
(81) His early successes gave some indication of his ability.
(82) The children were ranked according to academic ability.
(83) The school does nothing for children of high ability.
(84) What he has done witnesses to his ability.
(85) Her drama teacher spotted her ability.
(86) I have grave doubts about his ability.
(87) Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
(88) He is mistrustful of my ability.
(89) Their ability should not be underestimated.
(90) She has no ability in that kind of work.
More similar words: stability, liability, capability, disability, reliability, availability, accountability, flexibility, credibility, rehabilitation, utility, facility, military, facilities, militarism, facilitate, sexuality, mortality, little by little, cabin, a bit of, mobile, a bit of a, cabinet, habitat, billion, a big shot, a big deal, jubilant, automobile.