Synonyms for prone
proʊnprone

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1. prone

   One is addicted to that which he has allowed to gain a strong, habitual, and enduring hold upon action, inclination, or involuntary tendency, as to a habit or indulgence. A man may be accustomed to labor, attached to his profession, devoted to his religion, given to study or to gluttony (in the bad sense, given over, or given up, is a stronger and more hopeless expression, as is abandoned). One inclined to luxury may become habituated to poverty. One is wedded to that which has become a second nature; as, one is wedded to science or to art. Prone is used only in a bad sense, and generally of natural tendencies; as, our hearts are prone to evil. Abandoned tells of the acquired viciousness of one who has given himself up to wickedness. Addicted may be used in a good, but more frequently a bad sense; as, addicted to study; addicted to drink. Devoted is used chiefly in the good sense; as, a mother's devoted affection.

   Synonyms:
   abandoned, accustomed, addicted, attached, devoted, disposed, given, given over, given up, habituated, inclined, wedded

   Antonyms:
   averse, disinclined, indisposed, unaccustomed

   Preposition:
   Addicted to vice.

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1. prone

   Synonyms:
   disposed, inclined, bent, tending, apt, recumbent, prostrate, flat

   Antonyms:
   indisposed, disinclined, unapt, averse, upright

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1. proneadjective

   having a tendency (to); often used in combination

   "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

   Synonyms:
   prostrate

   Antonyms:
   vertical, upright, erect, disinclined

2. prone, prostrateadjective

   lying face downward

   Synonyms:
   flat, prostrate

   Antonyms:
   disinclined, erect, upright, vertical

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1. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   prostrate (with the face downwards), recumbent, lying, flat

2. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   sloping, inclining

3. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   disposed, inclined, tending

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1. List of paraphrases for "prone":

   inclined, susceptible, likely, exposed, vulnerable, subject

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1. Jerry Meral:

   The voters know this is a dry state, very much prone to droughts, and increasingly subject to water supply variability due to climate change.

2. Eric Hoffer:

   The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

3. Mercator Chief Executive Cormac Whelan:

   Mercator has an ambitious growth plan which is a mix of organic and acquisition-led growth, as we see opportunities in the market to acquire innovative technology and platforms we will be prone towards action.

4. Lawyer Thomas Vinje:

   But instead of being prone to being demoted, Google's comparison-shopping service is systematically promoted to the most visible spots in Google's search results.

5. Ron Book:

   If you put young children in the faces of people prone to commit sexually deviant behaviors on children, there is a greater chance than not that they'll act out. They ’ll do their thing.