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Synonyms & Antonyms of dependable
worthy of one's trust
- seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season
Synonyms for dependable
- calculable,
- good,
- reliable,
- responsible,
- safe,
- secure,
- solid,
- steady,
- sure,
- tried,
- tried-and-true,
- true,
- trustable,
- trustworthy,
- trusty
Words Related to dependable
Near Antonyms for dependable
- disloyal,
- faithless,
- false,
- fickle,
- inconstant,
- perfidious,
- recreant,
- traitorous,
- treacherous,
- unfaithful,
- untrue
- debatable,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- fishy,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- questionable,
- shady,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- uncertain,
- unsound
Antonyms for dependable
- dodgy
- [chiefly British],
- uncertain,
- undependable,
- unreliable,
- unsafe,
- untrustworthy
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“Dependable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dependable. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of dependable was in 1735
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