| Main Entry: | prone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
Synonyms: |
decumbent, face down, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, resupine, supine |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
Antonyms: |
sitting, straight, upright |
| Main Entry: | prone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liable, likely |
Synonyms: |
apt, bent, devoted, disposed, exposed, fain, given, inclined, minded, open, predisposed, ready, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, willing |
Antonyms: |
improbably, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | apt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tending, inclined |
Synonyms: |
disposed, given, liable, likely, of a mind, prone, ready |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence |
Antonyms: |
disinclined, inapt |
| Main Entry: | disposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inclined to a type of behavior |
Synonyms: |
apt, at drop of hat, biased, fain, game for, game*, given, liable, likely, minded, of a mind to, partial, predisposed, prone, ready, subject, tending toward, willing |
Antonyms: |
indisposed, unlikely, unready, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
Synonyms: |
accessible, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
Antonyms: |
guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, smooth |
Synonyms: |
collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken |
Antonyms: |
broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | given to |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely to |
Synonyms: |
accustomed, addicted, apt, disposed, habituated, in the habit of, inclined, inured, liable, obsessed, prone |
| Main Entry: | hooked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | addicted |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, captivated, dependent, devoted, enamored, obsessed, prone, strung out, under the influence |
| Main Entry: | inclined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a preference |
Synonyms: |
apt, bent on, disposed, given, in the mood, likely, predisposed, prone, tending, willing |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, likely |
Synonyms: |
apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, given, in danger, inclined, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable |
Antonyms: |
immune, unlikely |