Reliable

Quick meaning: Reliable is an adjective meaning Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy.

Meaning

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy.

More Meanings

1. Something or someone reliable or dependable
2. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.

Example Sentences

the old reliables

a reliable witness to the truth of the miracles

the best means, and the most reliable pledge, of a higher object

According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs.

Word Forms

• reliables

Synonyms for reliable

Depending on context, synonyms include secure, dependable, trustworthy, solid, true, authentic.

Antonyms for reliable

Common opposites include undependable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dependable, trusty, trustworthy, time-tested, tried, honest.

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