| NOUN | state | potentiality, potential, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | potentiality, capability, capableness | an aptitude that may be developed |
| Meaning | The inherent capacity for coming into being. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | potential, potency | |
| Attributes | potential, possible | Existing in possibility |
| Narrower | latency | The state of being not yet evident / evident or active / active |
| prospect, chance | The possibility of future success | |
| Broader | possibility, possibleness | capability of existing or happening / happening / happening or being true |
| Spanish | potencial | |
| Catalan | potencial | |
| Adjectives | potential | expected to become or be |
| Meaning | An aptitude that may be developed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | capability, capableness | |
| Attributes | capable | (usually followed by 'of') having capacity or ability |
| incapable | (followed by 'of') lacking capacity or ability | |
| Narrower | compass, range, reach, grasp | The limit of capability |
| imperfectibility | The capability of becoming imperfect | |
| perfectibility | The capability of becoming perfect | |
| Broader | aptitude | inherent ability |
| Opposite | incapability, incapableness | lack of potential for development |
| Spanish | capacidad | |
| Catalan | capacitat | |
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