Antonyms for liable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lahy-uh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ ə bəl |
Definition of liable
Origin :- mid-15c., "bound or obliged by law," probably from Anglo-French *liable, from Old French lier "to bind, tie up, fasten, tether; bind by obligation," from Latin ligare "to bind, to tie" (see ligament). With -able. General sense of "exposed to" (something undesirable) is from 1590s. Incorrect use for "likely" is attested by 1886.
- adj answerable, responsible
- adj open, likely
- She certainly knew he was liable to go at any time, in exactly the way he did go.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And yet the idea cleaves to me strangely, and is liable to stick to my shroud.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- How will every look, every action, even the most innocent, be liable to misconstruction!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And yet, if the law is strictly interpreted, the offender is liable.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Domestic care, like every other, is liable to degenerate into excess.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Still, anything was liable to happen when his unlucky star was in the ascendant.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- You're liable to start a conflagration you can't stop, and that may consume yourself, is all.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- "There's liable to be some more fun of the same kind," Wally informed him shortly.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- And I'm liable to kill a few more before I'm through with the deal.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- I am such a waif and stray everywhere, that I am liable to be drifted where any current may set.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for liable
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