liable
Meaning of liable
adjective
- Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- Subject; susceptible.
A man liable to heart disease.
- Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
- (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.
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Hyphenation of liable
li-able
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- liable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
liable synonyms
Meaning apt:
Meaning nonimmune:
nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant
Translation of liable
- Italian: responsabile
- Spanish: responsable
- French: responsable
Anagrams of liable
alible, Belial, belial, labile
Words that rhyme with liable
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