fallible

1. 1.

   likely to fail or make errors

   “everyone is fallible to some degree”

   Antonymsinfallible

   Similarerranterringundependableweak
2. 2.

   wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

   “I'm only a fallible human”

   “frail humanity”

   Synonymsfrailimperfectweak

   Similarhuman

Questions about fallible

What does fallible mean?

fallible means "likely to fail or make errors". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fallible?

fallible has 3 syllables: fal-li-ble. The stress falls on "fal". In IPA it is /ˈfæləbəl/.

What is another word for fallible?

Close synonyms include frail, imperfect, weak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of fallible?

The recorded antonyms are infallible.

Is fallible a common word?

fallible is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fallible?

1 word rhymes with fallible. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.