reliable, dependable
(adjective) worthy of reliance or trust; “a reliable source of information”; “a dependable worker”
authentic, reliable
(adjective) conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; “an authentic account by an eyewitness”; “reliable information”
dependable, honest, reliable, true
(adjective) worthy of being depended on; “a dependable worker”; “an honest working stiff”; “a reliable source of information”; “he was true to his word”; “I would be true for there are those who trust me”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From Scottish raliabill, itself from to rely + -able
reliable (comparative more reliable, superlative most reliable)
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
(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
• secure
• dependable
• trustworthy
• trusty
• unreliable
reliable (plural reliables)
Something or someone reliable or dependable
• Abrielle, Bellaire, lieberal
Source: Wiktionary
Re*li"a*ble (r-l"-b'l), a.
Definition: Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. Coleridge. 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." W. Irving.
Note: Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however, sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon, and a useful synonym for trustworthy, which is by preference applied to persons, as reliable is to things, such as an account, statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable, worthy of being laughed at, from the neuter verb to laugh; available, fit or able to be availed of, from the neuter verb to avail; dispensable, capable of being dispensed with, from the neuter verb to dispense. Other examples might be added.
– Re*li"a*ble*ness, n.
– Re*li"a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2024
(verb) interrupt a trip; “we stopped at Aunt Mary’s house”; “they stopped for three days in Florence”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
