liable

Questions about liable

What does liable mean?

liable means "at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in liable?

liable has 3 syllables: li-a-ble. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪəbəl/.

What is another word for liable?

Close synonyms include apt, nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant. 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.

Is liable a common word?

liable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 liable?

2 words rhyme with liable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.