What is another word for liable?
Synonyms for liable
ˈlaɪ ə bəlli·able
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
liable
Apt implies a natural fitness or tendency; an impetuous person is apt to speak hastily. Liable refers to a contingency regarded as unfavorable; as, the ship was liable to founder at any moment. Likely refers to a contingent event regarded as very probable, and usually, tho not always, favorable; as, an industrious worker is likely to succeed. Credible signifies readily to be believed; as, a credible narrative; likely in such connection is used ironically to signify the reverse; as, a likely story! A thing is conceivable of which the mind can entertain the possibility; a thing is conjectural which is conjectured as possible or probable without other support than a conjecture, or tentative judgment; a thing is presumable which, from what is antecedently known, may betaken for granted in advance of proof. Reasonable in this connection signifies such as the reason can be satisfied with, independently of external grounds for belief or disbelief; as, that seems a reasonable supposition. Compare APPARENT.
Synonyms:
apt, conceivable, conjectural, credible, likely, presumable, probable, reasonableAntonyms:
doubtful, dubious, improbable, incredible, questionable, unlikely, unreasonable
Princeton's WordNet
apt(p), liable(p)adjective
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
"he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"
Antonyms:
insusceptible, irresponsible, unlikely, exempt, unsusceptibleliable(p)adjective
subject to legal action
"liable to criminal charges"
Antonyms:
unsusceptible, insusceptible, exempt, unlikely, irresponsibleliable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistantadjective
(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
"liable to diabetes"
Antonyms:
insusceptible, unlikely, irresponsible, unsusceptible, exemptliableadjective
held legally responsible
"men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"
Synonyms:
nonresistant, unresistant, liable(p), apt(p), nonimmuneAntonyms:
unlikely, exempt, insusceptible, irresponsible, unsusceptible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
liableadjective
Synonyms:
answerable, responsible, accountable, amenableliableadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
liableadjective
Synonyms:
exposed, subject, accountable, answerable, amenable, bound
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "liable":
responsible, punishable, accountable, likely, subject, responsibility, susceptible
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#259 | subject | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#1481 | likely | |
#1487 | responsibility | |
#2937 | reasonable | |
#5364 | liable | |
#8742 | apt | |
#10461 | probable | |
#12571 | accountable | |
#14206 | credible | |
#14804 | susceptible | |
#27912 | conceivable | |
#28149 | punishable | |
#117889 | conjectural | |
#260091 | presumable | |
#302243 | nonimmune |
How to use liable in a sentence?
There was very small print on the bottom of the forms that these communities were signing, that this was all the company was liable to provide to them as compensation.
Look George, if you have a small gun shop owner in Northern Vermont who sells a gun legally to somebody and then, you know, something happens to that guy, he goes nuts or something, and he kills somebody, should the gun shop owner be held liable? I think not.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
I think it opens up potential liability, i would think the city would also want to check with its insurers to make sure if there’s a claim raised if someone is injured or overdoses the city is not liable. There are multiple levels of legal issues that have to be considered – putting aside the public policy issue of whether, in fact, this is a good thing.
If something happens, Tracy Stewart could be independently liable for both of Tracy Stewart bills and Tracy Stewart ’ll have no place to go if Tracy Stewart break up.
Translations for liable
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- яуаплыBashkir
- responsable, subjecteCatalan, Valencian
- neigend, haftpflichtig, fehlbar, unterworfen, haftend, haftbarGerman
- responsableSpanish
- responsableFrench
- aansprakelijk, verantwoordelijkDutch
- podatnyPolish
- responsável, passívelPortuguese
- răspunzător, pasibil, responsabilRomanian
- ответственный, уязвимый, обязанный, склонный, подверженныйRussian
- รับผิดชอบThai
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