reliable
Americanadjective
adjective
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- nonreliable adjective
- nonreliableness noun
- nonreliably adverb
- quasi-reliable adjective
- quasi-reliably adverb
- reliability noun
- reliableness noun
- reliably adverb
- ultrareliable adjective
- ultrareliablely adverb
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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Inheritance is one of the last reliable ways for younger Californians to own their first home.
About finding one small, reliable pleasure in a game designed to strip everything else away.
From Salon
In contrast, COSMOS-74706 was confirmed using spectroscopy, which provides more reliable distance data.
From Science Daily
Now that C30 and C31 sterols appear to be reliable indicators of ancient sponges, the researchers plan to examine rocks from other parts of the world.
From Science Daily
Until recently, the military has leaned on Claude over Grok because it is seen by many in the industry as a more reliable model, AI and security analysts said.
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