Synonyms of the word dependable


DEPENDABLECERTAIN - GOOD - HONEST - RELIABLE - ROCK-STEADY - SAFE - SECURE - SOUND - STEADY - SURE - TESTED - TIME-TESTED - TRIED - TRUE - TRUSTWORTHY - TRUSTY - UNDEVIATING

dependable

  • adj. Able, or easily able to be depended on.
  • n. A reliable person or thing.

certain

  • adj. Sure, positive, not doubting.
  • adj. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
  • adj. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  • adj. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  • adj. Unfailing; infallible.
  • adj. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
  • adj. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun,…
  • pron. (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
  • n. (with "the") Something certain.

good

  • adj. (of people).
  • adj. (of capabilities).
  • adj. (of properties and qualities).
  • adj. (colloquial) With "and", extremely.
  • adj. Holy (especially when capitalized).
  • adj. (of quantities).
  • interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
  • adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
  • n. (uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and…
  • n. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
  • n. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes…
  • n. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
  • v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

honest

  • adj. (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying,…
  • adj. (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
  • adj. In good faith; without malice.
  • adj. (of a measurement device) Accurate.
  • adj. Authentic; full.
  • adj. Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
  • adj. Open; frank.
  • adj. (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
  • adj. (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
  • v. (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
  • adv. (colloquial) Honestly; really.

reliable

  • adj. Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.
  • adj. (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination,…
  • n. Something or someone reliable or dependable.

rock-steady

  • adj. consistent and dependable in one's behaviour or performance.

safe

  • adj. Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
  • adj. Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
  • adj. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
  • adj. (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to…
  • adj. Properly secured; secure.
  • adj. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.
  • adj. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
  • adj. Reliable.
  • adj. Cautious.
  • n. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
  • n. (slang) A condom.
  • n. (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
  • v. (transitive) To make something safe.

secure

  • adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  • adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  • adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
  • adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  • adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  • adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
  • adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
  • v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
  • v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
  • v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
  • v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

sound

  • adj. Healthy.
  • adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
  • adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
  • adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
  • adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
  • adv. Soundly.
  • interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
  • n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
  • n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
  • n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
  • n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
  • v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
  • v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
  • v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
  • n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
  • n. The air bladder of a fish.
  • n. A cuttlefish.
  • v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
  • v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
  • v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  • v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
  • n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
  • n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

steady

  • adj. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
  • adj. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded…
  • adj. Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
  • adj. Regular and even.
  • adj. Slow.
  • v. To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.
  • n. (informal) A regular customer.

sure

  • adj. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
  • adj. Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
  • adj. Certain to act or be a specified way.
  • adj. (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
  • adj. (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
  • adv. (modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.
  • interj. Yes. (Expresses noncommittal agreement or consent.).
  • interj. Yes; of course.

tested

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of test.

time-tested

  • adj. Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.

tried

  • adj. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
  • adj. (law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of try.

true

  • adj. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
  • adj. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
  • adj. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
  • adj. Loyal, faithful.
  • adj. Genuine.
  • adj. Legitimate.
  • adj. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
  • adj. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
  • adv. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
  • n. Truth.
  • n. The state of being in alignment.
  • v. To straighten.
  • v. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

trustworthy

  • adj. Deserving of trust, reliable.

trusty

  • adj. Reliable or trustworthy.
  • n. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.

undeviating

  • adj. that does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving.
  • adj. that does not change; steady.

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