liable

Meaning of liable

adjective
  1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
    1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
  2. Subject; susceptible.
    A man liable to heart disease.
  3. Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
  4. (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
    Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

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Hyphenation of liable

li-able

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • liable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

liable synonyms

Meaning apt:

apt

Meaning nonimmune:

nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant

Translation of liable

Anagrams of liable

alible, Belial, belial, labile

Words that rhyme with liable

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