liabilities

NOUN

answerability, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability burden culpability debt duty obligation

STRONG

amenability amenableness blame compulsion indebtedness onus subjection susceptibility

WEAK

accountableness arrearage owing

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

burden, debt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage inconvenience involvement loan mortgage obligation responsibility

STRONG

IOU account baggage balance bite chance chit contingency contract debit disadvantage drag drawback due encumbrance handicap hindrance impediment indebtedness lease millstone minus misfortune nuisance onus pledge possibility remainder tab

WEAK

arrear arrearage bad news indebtment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit profit

STRONG

aid assistance blessing certainty help

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

chance, probability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exposure

STRONG

likelihood openness proneness susceptibility tendency vulnerability

WEAK

vulnerableness

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

Example Sentences

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U.S. cities are facing huge liabilities that remain invisible on their books: dilapidated roads, bridges and buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Feldstein Soto recently prepared a series of strategies for reducing the city’s liabilities, such as purchasing additional insurance coverage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The company netted about $30 billion from debt sales, bringing long-term debt to $77.5 billion, in addition to another $13 billion in lease liabilities.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

"A deal that would be good for the workforce, represent good value for money and would not repeat the mistakes of the past and risk creating new structural equal pay liabilities."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Citra asked as they looked for a parking place—one of the liabilities of taking a car that was off-grid.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman