liable
adjective
1 liable
At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant:
— She is liable to forget.
synonym: apt.
Roget 176: tending etc. v.; conducive, working towards, in a fair way to, calculated to; liable etc. 177; subservient etc. (instrumental) 631; ... show more
Roget 926: obligatory, binding; imperative, peremptory; stringent etc. (severe) 739; behooving etc. v.; incumbent on, chargeable on; under obligation; ... show more
Roget 806: indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for. in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt; ... show more
Roget 177: liable, subject; in danger etc. 665; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from†; apt to; dependent on; incident to. contingent, ... show more
Roget 749: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved etc. v.; constrained ... show more
2 liable
Subject to legal action.
3 liable
often followed by `to' Likely to be affected with:
— Liable to diabetes.
synonyms: nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant.
Polish: skłonny, podatny
4 liable
Held legally responsible.
Moby thesaurus: accountable, actionable, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, blameworthy, bound, chargeable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, fair, foreseeable, given, hopeful, in the cards ... show more.
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