Antonyms for liable
ˈlaɪ ə bəlli·able

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1. liable

   Apt implies a natural fitness or tendency; an impetuous person is apt to speak hastily. Liable refers to a contingency regarded as unfavorable; as, the ship was liable to founder at any moment. Likely refers to a contingent event regarded as very probable, and usually, tho not always, favorable; as, an industrious worker is likely to succeed. Credible signifies readily to be believed; as, a credible narrative; likely in such connection is used ironically to signify the reverse; as, a likely story! A thing is conceivable of which the mind can entertain the possibility; a thing is conjectural which is conjectured as possible or probable without other support than a conjecture, or tentative judgment; a thing is presumable which, from what is antecedently known, may betaken for granted in advance of proof. Reasonable in this connection signifies such as the reason can be satisfied with, independently of external grounds for belief or disbelief; as, that seems a reasonable supposition. Compare APPARENT.

   Antonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, improbable, incredible, questionable, unlikely, unreasonable

   Synonyms:
   apt, conceivable, conjectural, credible, likely, presumable, probable, reasonable

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1. apt(p), liable(p)adjective

   at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

   "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, irresponsible, unlikely, exempt, unsusceptible

2. liable(p)adjective

   subject to legal action

   "liable to criminal charges"

   Antonyms:
   unsusceptible, insusceptible, exempt, unlikely, irresponsible

3. liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistantadjective

   (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with

   "liable to diabetes"

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, unlikely, irresponsible, unsusceptible, exempt

4. liableadjective

   held legally responsible

   "men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service"

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, exempt, insusceptible, irresponsible, unsusceptible

   Synonyms:
   nonresistant, unresistant, liable(p), apt(p), nonimmune

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1. liableadjective

   Antonyms:
   exempt, immune

   Synonyms:
   exposed, subject, accountable, answerable, amenable, bound

How to use liable in a sentence?

1. Polk County:

   No one in that house, that night, intended for those babies to have that event that occurred, obviously the 3-year-old's not going to be charged with a criminal event, for obvious reasons. That child can't be held accountable for his conduct -- there is absolutely no reason to think that that was an intentional act other than he was a baby playing with what he saw was some sort of toy. But, we will hold the adults appropriately criminally liable for the conduct.

2. Kareem Abdul-Jabar:

   Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

3. Domenico Savarese:

   Could a manufacturer become liable if a distracted driver causes an accident while relying on autopilot? It's too early to tell.

4. Aric Chen:

   In a culture that has been suppressed for so long, when things start opening up, you're liable to get a sort of burst of energy and momentum. This generation of private collectors in China, the big ones at least, they've had a couple of decades to make their fortunes and it's natural they're now spending it on artists and art collections.

5. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   In coming weeks, the powers are liable to reach a framework agreement with Iran, an agreement liable to leave Iran as a nuclear threshold state, as prime minister of Israel, I am obligated to make every effort to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weaponry that will be aimed at the State of Israel. This effort is global and I will go anywhere I am invited to make the State of Israel's case and defend its future and existence.

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