reliable B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/ See IPA manual 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be trusted to work... dependabletrustworthy 2 adj · likely to be correct or... authentichonest More secure ↔ Opposites unreliable Word family Derived forms nonreliablereliabilismreliabilistreliablenessreliablysemireliablesuperreliableultrareliable Related forms reliabilityreliancerely Common collocations reliable source Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From rely + -able. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reliable **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **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 markdown