| 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 |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
Antonyms: |
immune, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, achievable, anticipated, assuring, attainable, believeable, conceivable, conjecturable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inclined, inferable, liable, odds-on, on the verge of, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, supposable, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming, verisimilar, workable |
Antonyms: |
implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | susceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liable |
Synonyms: |
apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, given, in danger, inclined, open, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable |