Reliable

//ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩//

Synonyms for "reliable" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Adjective(1 words)
authentic

Strong matches (49)

Adjective(1 words)
dependable
Adjective(2 words)
dependablehonest

Related words (83)

Adjective(2 words)
securetrustworthy
Adjective(1 words)
true

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

9 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

9 entries

similar

12 entries

Translations

72 translations across 46 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • امين adj (fit to be relied on)
  • مَوْثُوق adj (fit to be relied on)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հուսալի adj (fit to be relied on)
  • վստահելի adj (fit to be relied on)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • etibarlı adj (fit to be relied on)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • ышаныслы adj (fit to be relied on)
  • яуаплы adj (fit to be relied on)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • надзе́йны adj (fit to be relied on)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • наде́жден adj (fit to be relied on)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 可靠 adj (fit to be relied on)
  • 穩妥 /稳妥 adj (fit to be relied on)

Czech

1 entries
  • spolehlivý adj (fit to be relied on)

Danish

1 entries
  • pålidelig adj (fit to be relied on)

Dutch

4 entries
  • betrouwbaar adj (fit to be relied on)
  • zeker adj (fit to be relied on)
  • getrouwe noun (someone to be relied on)
  • zekerheid noun (something reliable or dependable)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fidinda adj (fit to be relied on)

Finnish

1 entries
  • luotettava adj (fit to be relied on)

French

2 entries
  • fiable adj (fit to be relied on)
  • sûr adj (fit to be relied on)

Galician

2 entries
  • fiable adj (fit to be relied on)
  • fiábel adj (fit to be relied on)

Georgian

2 entries
  • საიმედო adj (fit to be relied on)
  • სანდო adj (fit to be relied on)

German

2 entries
  • verlässlich adj (fit to be relied on)
  • zuverlässig adj (fit to be relied on)

Greek

1 entries
  • αξιόπιστος adj (fit to be relied on)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אמין adj (fit to be relied on)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • megbízható adj (fit to be relied on)
  • szavahihető adj (fit to be relied on)

Irish

1 entries
  • iontaofa adj (fit to be relied on)

Italian

2 entries
  • affidabile adj (fit to be relied on)
  • sicuro adj (fit to be relied on)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 頼もしい adj (fit to be relied on)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាចទុកចិត្តបាន adj (fit to be relied on)

Korean

1 entries
  • 믿음직스럽다 adj (fit to be relied on)

Latvian

1 entries
  • uzticams adj (fit to be relied on)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • доверлив adj (fit to be relied on)

Malay

1 entries
  • andal adj (fit to be relied on)

Māori

3 entries
  • haepapa adj (fit to be relied on)
  • horopū adj (fit to be relied on)
  • titikaha adj (fit to be relied on)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • pålitelig adj (fit to be relied on)
  • troverdig adj (fit to be relied on)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • påliteleg adj (fit to be relied on)
  • truverdig adj (fit to be relied on)

Polish

2 entries
  • niezawodny adj (fit to be relied on)
  • spolegliwy adj (fit to be relied on)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fiável adj (fit to be relied on)

Romanian

2 entries
  • fiabil adj (fit to be relied on)
  • sigur adj (fit to be relied on)

Russian

1 entries
  • надёжный adj (fit to be relied on)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • earbsach adj (fit to be relied on)
  • seasmhach adj (fit to be relied on)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • pouzdan adj (fit to be relied on)

Slovak

1 entries
  • spoľahlivý adj (fit to be relied on)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bienqueda adj (fit to be relied on)
  • confiable adj (fit to be relied on)
  • fiable adj (fit to be relied on)
  • confiable noun (someone to be relied on)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pålitlig adj (fit to be relied on)

Thai

2 entries
  • เชื่อถือได้ adj (fit to be relied on)
  • ไว้ใจได้ adj (fit to be relied on)

Turkish

1 entries
  • güvenilir adj (fit to be relied on)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ygtybarly adj (fit to be relied on)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • наді́йний adj (fit to be relied on)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tin cậy adj (fit to be relied on)
  • đáng tin cậy adj (fit to be relied on)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dibynadwy adj (fit to be relied on)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • fertroud adj (fit to be relied on)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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He is a good fellow, to be sure, but he isn't reliable.

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Encryption technology has advanced to the point where it's pretty reliable.

Source: tatoeba (28412)

It is true that he is young, but he is very reliable.

Source: tatoeba (36235)

He may still be young, but he really is a reliable person.

Source: tatoeba (36240)

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