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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
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| Main Entry: | amenable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be judged; responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, answerable, chargeable, liable, subject |
| Antonyms: | irresponsible, not responsible, unaccountable, unanswerable, unchargeable |
| Main Entry: | answerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, compelled, constrained, liable, obligated, obliged, subject, to blame |
| Antonyms: | irrefutable, unaccountable, unprovable |
| Main Entry: | disposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inclined to a type of behavior |
| Synonyms: | apt, at drop of hat, biased, fain, game for, game*, given, liable, likely, minded, of a mind to, partial, predisposed, prone, ready, subject, tending toward, willing |
| Antonyms: | indisposed, unlikely, unready, unwilling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | accessible, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | answerable, responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, obligated, subject, tied |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | excusable, freed, irresponsible, unaccountable |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, likely |
| Synonyms: | apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, given, in danger, inclined, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | immune, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | obsequious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | groveling, submissive |
| Synonyms: | abject, beggarly, brownnosing, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, kowtowing, menial, obeisant, oily, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, sneaking, sniveling, spineless, stipendiary, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, assertive, brazen, confident, presumptuous |
| Main Entry: | powerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak; unable |
| Synonyms: | blank, chicken*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, disabled, disenfranchised, etiolated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffective, ineffectual, inert, infirm, out of gas, paralyzed, passive, prostrate, subject, supine, tied, unarmed, unfit, vulnerable, wimp*, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | able, dominant, potent, powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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