RELIABILITY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

reliability

noun

ri-ˌlī-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē

Definition of reliability

as in reliableness

worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence we never had reason to question the reliability of the park rangers in the event of an emergency

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Recent Examples of reliability Courts have questioned the reliability of the Justice Department‘s list of potential noncitize voters. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026 Reconciling competing visions of reality depends on continuously normalizing disparate vendor inputs into a unified GTM data model, scoring source reliability, assessing recency and maintaining complete lineage tracking. — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Carter also questioned the reliability of the department's list of names, since both sides agree that an unspecified number of citizens were inadvertently included. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Examples include trustworthy clinical AI, resilient infrastructure, energy reliability, scientific discovery, and safe autonomous systems. — Sufian Aldogom, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliability

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Noun

There are no guarantees that polling’s troubles – and persistent popular skepticism about the dependability of election polls – will be alleviated anytime soon.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Apple’s iOS is a clear example; its advantage shows up in daily use, coming less from having every feature than from restraint, cohesion and dependability across thousands of small interactions.

— Lorenzo Alvaro, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of dependability

Noun

Such a division of responsibilities could allow Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to concentrate on demanding tasks such as area air defence, missile defence and long-range strike operations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Those of us in public office and those with media platforms have a responsibility to challenge this prejudice, not legitimize it.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of responsibility

Noun

More recently, Eisenkot has emerged as a figure of solidity and a focus of sympathy.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Capturing the whole of the set-up, a Mediterranean pile on the north-west coast of Cyprus, framing its splendid size, its weighty elegance, its thrilling solidity, is challenging.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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