Synonyms for disability
ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ tidis·abil·i·ty

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1. disabilitynoun

   Antonyms:
   ability, capacity, competence, strength, potence, potential, competency, qualification

2. disabilitynoun

   Antonyms:
   capacity, ability, strength, competence, competency, potence, potential, qualification

3. disabilitynoun

   Antonyms:
   strength, qualification, competency, potence, ability, capacity, potential, competence

4. disabilitynoun

   Antonyms:
   ability, qualification, competence, strength, potential, potence, capacity, competency

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1. disability

   Synonyms:
   disqualification, impotency, unfitness, incapacity, forfeiture, incompetency

   Antonyms:
   qualification, recommendation, fitness, deserving, merit

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1. disability, disablement, handicap, impairmentnoun

   the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

   "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, constipation, baulk, deterrent, handicap, balk, check, harm, deadening, deterioration, damage, hinderance, hindrance, disablement, impairment, stultification

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1. disabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   disqualification

2. disabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   inability, incapacity, incompetence, impotence, incapability

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1. List of paraphrases for "disability":

   disabilities, invalidity, handicap, impairment, inability, incapacity, disabled, disablement, infirmity, deficiency, handicapped, deficit, handicaps, impairments, failure, non-validity, disadvantage

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1. Rick Smith:

   I think sometimes so many people see hearing loss as a disability and that’s all they see and that becomes the center of their thought process, so you’re thinking about what you can’t do instead of what you can do. Being able to demonstrate that is one of the most rewarding things. Being able to be a real time influence in a real time inspiration to the next generation has been real cool.

2. Erin Olivera:

   We were not going to raise Lucian to be this disability. We were going to raise Lucian to live with a disability.

3. Cristina Martin Firvida:

   I don’t know why this had to be done on Day One, it makes it much less likely that we ’ll deal with the disability problem until the lame duck session - and that wo n’t provide a good result for American taxpayers.

4. Tuesday Pistorius:

   The accused was vulnerable because of his disability.

5. Judith Heumann:

   The other issue is getting people to stop being afraid of discussing disability, people just need to get over it and just need to recognize that the [ Center for Disease Control ] says one in four adults in the United States live with a disability.