Qualities
Synonyms for reliable
Synonyms for reliable: true, dependable and authentic. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for reliable
Interchangeable with reliable, one per sense
Audited under reliable's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one reliable carries in that sense.
- trueadjective, in the sense "worthy of being depended on"
- dependableadjective, in the sense "worthy of reliance or trust"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name reliable as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- authenticauthentic is an adjective in the sense "conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under reliable and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
worthy of being depended on
He was a reliable friend through every crisis.
The true synonym
true
Same sentence, swapped: He was a true friend through every crisis.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- convincing
- harmless
- overwhelming
worthy of reliance or trust
A reliable source of information.
The true synonym
dependable
Same sentence, swapped: A dependable source of information.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- unreliable
- convincing
- accurate
Where reliable turns up in the game
reliable is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where reliable is the trap
- significantadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is important, in the sense "important in effect or meaning", with reliable sitting one tile away.
- trueadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rightful, in the sense "having a legally established claim", and reliable is one of the three tiles that lose.
- authenticadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is veritable, in the sense "not counterfeit or copied", with reliable sitting one tile away.
Play reliable
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so reliable reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company reliable keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. reliable carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.