reliable
Americanadjective
adjective
Related Words
Reliable, infallible, trustworthy apply to persons, objects, ideas, or information that can be depended upon with confident certainty. Reliable suggests consistent dependability of judgment, character, performance, or result: a reliable formula, judge, car, meteorologist. Infallible suggests the complete absence of error, breakdown, or poor performance: an infallible test, system, marksman. Trustworthy emphasizes the steady and honest dependability which encourages one's confidence, belief, or trust: trustworthy and accurate reports.
Other Word Forms
- nonreliable adjective
- nonreliableness noun
- nonreliably adverb
- quasi-reliable adjective
- quasi-reliably adverb
- reliability noun
- reliableness noun
- reliably adverb
- ultrareliable adjective
- ultrareliablely adverb
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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Developing a reliable framework for timekeeping between planets could eventually allow for synchronized communication networks across the solar system.
From Science Daily
What’s Next: Investors can take comfort that the dogs pay reliable—and often very large—dividends, which should help provide steady income if bond yields head lower next year.
From Barron's
The CAC said it encourages the adoption of AI, such as to promote local culture and create tools for companionship for the elderly, provided that the technology is safe and reliable.
From BBC
Still, investors in the Dogs of the Dow can take comfort in the fact that these ten pooches pay reliable—and often very large—dividends.
From Barron's
New Mexico is relatively unique in that the state has a reliable funding source — a trust fund built from the state’s oil and gas revenue.
From MarketWatch
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