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re⋅li⋅a⋅ble
[ri-lahy-uh-buh
l] 
–adjective
| that may be relied on; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information. |
Related forms:
re⋅li⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, re⋅li⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
re⋅li⋅a⋅bly, adverb
Synonyms:
trusty, authentic, consistent. Reliable, infallible, trustworthy apply to persons, objects, ideas, or information that can be depended upon with confident certainty. Reliable suggests consistent dependability of judgment, character, performance, or result: a reliable formula, judge, car, meteorologist. Infallible suggests the complete absence of error, breakdown, or poor performance: an infallible test, system, marksman. Trustworthy emphasizes the steady and honest dependability which encourages one's confidence, belief, or trust: trustworthy and accurate reports.
trusty, authentic, consistent. Reliable, infallible, trustworthy apply to persons, objects, ideas, or information that can be depended upon with confident certainty. Reliable suggests consistent dependability of judgment, character, performance, or result: a reliable formula, judge, car, meteorologist. Infallible suggests the complete absence of error, breakdown, or poor performance: an infallible test, system, marksman. Trustworthy emphasizes the steady and honest dependability which encourages one's confidence, belief, or trust: trustworthy and accurate reports.
Antonyms:
undependable, questionable, deceitful.
undependable, questionable, deceitful.
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| re·li·a·ble (rĭ-lī'ə-bəl) adj.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean worthy of reliance or trust: a reliable source of information; a dependable worker; a responsible babysitter; a trustworthy report; a trusty alarm. |
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Reliable
Re*li"a*ble\ (r?-l?"?-b'l), a. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." --A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. --Coleridge. According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs." --W. Irving. Note: Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however, sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon, and a useful synonym for trustworthy, which is by preference applied to persons, as reliable is to things, such as an account, statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable, worthy of being laughed at, from the neuter verb to laugh; available, fit or able to be availed of, from the neuter verb to avail; dispensable, capable of being dispensed with, from the neuter verb to dispense. Other examples might be added. -- Re*li"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*li"a*bly, adv.
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Language Translation for : reliable
Spanish:
fiable, de confianza,
German:
zuverlässig,
Japanese:
信頼できる
reliable
1569, raliabill, Scottish, from rely + -able. Not common before 1850; and execrated thereafter in Britain as an Americanism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·li·able
Pronunciation: ri-'lI-&-b&l
Function: adjective
: giving the same result on successive trials
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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