Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb incapacitate
2 senses of incapacitate
Sense 1
disable, disenable, incapacitate -- (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 2
disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap -- (injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident")
=> injure, wound -- (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Antonyms of adj incapacitating
1 sense of incapacitating
Sense 1
crippling, disabling, incapacitating -- (that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury")
INDIRECT (VIA unhealthful) -> healthful -- (conducive to good health of body or mind; "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance")
Similarity of adj incapacitating
1 sense of incapacitating
Sense 1
crippling, disabling, incapacitating -- (that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury")
=> unhealthful (vs. healthful) -- (detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint")