reliable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #5830

Meanings

1

adj
Able to be trusted to work well or behave as expected.

My car is old but very reliable.
2

adj
Likely to be correct or true and therefore worth believing.

We need a reliable source of information before we report this.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be trusted to work... dependable trustworthy

2 adj · likely to be correct or... authentic honest

More secure

Opposites

unreliable

Word family

Derived forms nonreliablereliabilismreliabilistreliablenessreliablysemireliablesuperreliableultrareliable

Related forms reliability reliance rely

Etymology

From rely + -able.

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Describing Qualities

# reliable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩
**Frequency rank:** 5830

## Meanings
1. Able to be trusted to work well or behave as expected.
2. Likely to be correct or true and therefore worth believing.

## Examples
- My car is old but very reliable.
- We need a reliable source of information before we report this.

## Synonyms
- dependable
- secure
- trustworthy

## Antonyms
- unreliable

## Derived Forms
- nonreliable
- reliabilism
- reliabilist
- reliableness
- reliably
- semireliable
- superreliable
- ultrareliable

## Related Forms
- reliability
- reliance
- rely

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: -able - able to be

## Etymology
From rely + -able.

## AI Etymology
Reliable comes from rely + -able. Modern senses include able to be trusted to work well or behave as expected. and likely to be correct or true and therefore worth believing.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonreliable, reliabilism, reliabilist, reliableness, reliably, and semireliable and related forms such as reliability, reliance, and rely.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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