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Synonyms for RELIABLE
rɪˈlaɪ ə bəlre·li·able
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Wiktionary
reliableadjective
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secureAntonyms:
unreliablereliableadjective
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
the old reliables
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unreliablereliableadjective
Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
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unreliable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
reliable
The word reliable has been sharply challenged, but seems to have established its place in the language. The objection to its use on the ground that the suffix -able can not properly be added to an intransitive verb is answered by the citation of such words as "available," "conversable," "laughable," and the like, while, in the matter of usage, reliable has the authority of Coleridge, Martineau, Mill, Irving, Newman, Gladstone, and others of the foremost of recent English writers. The objection to the application of reliable to persons is not sustained by the use of the verb "rely," which is applied to persons in the authorized version of the Scriptures, in the writings of Shakespeare and Bacon, and in the usage of good speakers and writers. Trusty and trustworthy refer to inherent qualities of a high order, trustworthy being especially applied to persons, and denoting moral integrity and truthfulness; we speak of a trusty sword, a trusty servant; we say the man is thoroughly trustworthy. Reliable is inferior in meaning, denoting merely the possession of such qualities as are needed for safe reliance; as, a reliable pledge; reliable information. A man is said to be reliable with reference not only to moral qualities, but to judgment, knowledge, skill, habit, or perhaps pecuniary ability; a thoroughly trustworthy person might not be reliable as a witness on account of unconscious sympathy, or as a security by reason of insufficient means. A reliable messenger is one who may be depended on to do his errand correctly and promptly; a trusty or trustworthy messenger is one who may be admitted to knowledge of the views and purposes of those who employ him, and who will be faithful beyond the mere letter of his commission. We can speak of a railroad-train as reliable when it can be depended on to arrive on time; but to speak of a reliable friend would be cold, and to speak of a warrior girding on his reliable sword would be ludicrous.
Synonyms:
trustworthy, trusty
Princeton's WordNet
reliable, dependableadjective
worthy of reliance or trust
"a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker"
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rock-steady, dependable, true(p), safe, good, steady-going, honest, authentic, secure, reliableAntonyms:
unsound, untrustworthy, untrusty, temperamental, unreliable, uncertain, undependable, erraticdependable, honest, reliable, true(p)adjective
worthy of being depended on
"a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"
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unreliable, erratic, undependable, untrustworthy, uncertain, temperamental, untrusty, unsoundauthentic, reliableadjective
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
"an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information"
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dependable, true(p), veritable, unquestionable, honest, bona fide, authentic, reliableAntonyms:
untrustworthy, temperamental, untrusty, uncertain, erratic, undependable, unreliable, unsound
Editors Contribution
faith conviction reliance
Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
reliableadjective
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[Modern.] trustworthy, trusty, to be relied on, to be depended on, worthy of credit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
reliableadjective
Synonyms:
trustworthy, trusty, dependable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reliable":
credible, dependable, trustworthy, trusted, reliably, reliability, authoritative, accurate, sound, unreliable, secure, solid, safe, robust, reputable, predictable, viable
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#155 | good | |
#803 | sound | |
#1286 | safe | |
#1300 | secure | |
#2159 | solid | |
#3066 | accurate | |
#3639 | reliable | |
#4181 | reliability | |
#4677 | trusted | |
#5698 | honest | |
#6065 | authentic | |
#7893 | robust | |
#10324 | viable | |
#14206 | credible | |
#14800 | predictable | |
#15906 | authoritative | |
#17075 | reputable | |
#18426 | dependable | |
#19921 | reliably | |
#21863 | unreliable | |
#23137 | trustworthy | |
#39003 | trusty | |
#39400 | veritable | |
#75166 | unquestionable |
How to use RELIABLE in a sentence?
[The left] completely has turned the term racism into a punchline, they have gone beyond crying wolf. They have made the boy who cried wolf look like a stable and reliable character, and they totally made a mockery of the term and trivialized it to the point of ridicule.
Wastewater is a non-intrusive way to still have that early and reliable information of what's going on in Amy Kirby community.
There's no one more reliable than a man whose loyalty can be bought for hard cash.
Many traditionally reliable indicators such as power output and rail freight have shown a serious deviation from GDP growth, nobody knows what's the real economic growth.
It's feast or famine at the moment --( countries) get nothing for three months, and all of a sudden they get millions of doses, supply has to come in a predictable, reliable manner.
Translations for RELIABLE
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- موثوقArabic
- яуаплы, ышаныслыBashkir
- spolehlivýCzech
- pålideligDanish
- verlässlich, zuverlässigGerman
- αξιόπιστοςGreek
- fidindaEsperanto
- confiable, fiable, seguroSpanish
- luotettavaFinnish
- fiable, sûrFrench
- fertroudWestern Frisian
- iontaofaIrish
- seasmhach, earbsachScottish Gaelic
- אמיןHebrew
- विHindi
- megbízható, szavahihetőHungarian
- dapat diandalkanIndonesian
- affidabileItalian
- אָמִיןHebrew
- 頼もしいJapanese
- ವಿ� ್ವಾಸಾರ್ಹKannada
- 신뢰할 수있는Korean
- reliable "Latin
- haepapaMāori
- getrouwe, betrouwbaar, zekerheid, zekerDutch
- pålitelegNorwegian Nynorsk
- påliteligNorwegian
- niezawodnyPolish
- fiávelPortuguese
- fiabil, sigurRomanian
- надёжныйRussian
- pålitligSwedish
- நம்பகமானTamil
- నమ్మదగినTelugu
- เชื่อถือได้Thai
- güvenilirTurkish
- надійнийUkrainian
- قابل اعتمادUrdu
- đáng tin cậyVietnamese
- 可靠Chinese
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