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Definition of Dependable
1. Adjective. Worthy of reliance or trust. "A dependable worker"
Similar to: Certain, Sure, Tested, Time-tested, Tried, Tried And True, Undeviating
Also: Trustworthy, Trusty
Derivative terms: Dependability, Dependableness, Reliability, Reliableness
Antonyms: Undependable, Unreliable
2. Adjective. Worthy of being depended on. "I would be true for there are those who trust me"
Similar to: Trustworthy, Trusty
Derivative terms: Dependability, Dependableness, Honestness, Reliability, Reliableness, Trueness
3. Adjective. Consistent in performance or behavior. "A steady-going family man"
Similar to: Steady
Derivative terms: Dependability, Dependableness
4. Adjective. Financially sound. "A secure investment"
Similar to: Sound
Derivative terms: Dependableness, Safeness, Security
Definition of Dependable
1. a. Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.
Definition of Dependable
1. Adjective. Able, or easily able to be depended on. ¹
2. Noun. A reliable person or thing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dependable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dependable
Literary usage of Dependable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of Social Psychology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1920)
"Consequently, the socially dependable self is one in which the desires have ...
They are more objective, less passional, and more dependable than desires. ..."
2. The Practical Book of Garden Architecture by Phebe Westcott Humphreys (1914)
"XIV Dependable BIRD HOUSES WHERE THE FEATHERED SONGSTERS FIND PRACTICAL NESTING
PLACES AND PROTECTION FROM THEIR ENEMIES IN the West Indies there flourishes ..."
3. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE MOST Dependable FLOWERS ANY true amateur would find the growing
of flowers ... The really dependable flowers are good enough for them. ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board by United States Shipping Board (1922)
"Maintenance of Dependable Sailing Schedules. The traffic department during the
fiscal year made one of its principal objectives the maintenance of ..."
5. Baltimore: Its History and Its People by Clayton Colman Hall, Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1912)
"In all Mr. Emmart is a plain, strong, dependable sort of a man, who has that
indefinable something called personal magnetism that draws men to him. ..."
6. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"of the disease, has proved to Keys(4) and many other observers to be quite dependable.
Although the Wassermann is less often positive after such a course, ..."
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