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Definition of able : 1. Fit; adapted; suitable.
2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
3. Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
4. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.
5. To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
6. To vouch for.

Synonyms:

canny, healthy, practiced, enterprising, open, bright, all-around, endowed, able-bodied, bungling, adequate to, masterly, intelligent, equipped, smooth, slick, inexperienced, worthy, nimble-fingered, adapted, crackerjack, up to, responsible, capable of, commensurate, experienced, equal, ready, conversant with, knowledgeable, suitable, inefficient, first-rate, fit, gifted, superior, subject, well-rounded, smart, authorized, prepared, adequate, equal to, resourceful, ingenious, satisfactory, ability, stupid, strong, qualified, sufficient, inventive, effective, fitting, conversant, good, powerful, cut out for, fitted

competent, handy, dexterous, accomplished, capable, expert, ambidextrous, cunning, clever, efficient, nimble, crafty, skilled, masterful, adroit, facile, crack, genius, adept, talented, sure-footed, proficient, versatile, deft, apt, agile, artful, skillful

Usage examples:

• If you will tell me exactly what you are after, I may be able to help you. - "The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land", Ralph Connor.
• I think I shall be able. - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.
• I think you will be able to do the work. - "Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman", Emma Speed Sampson.