dependable
UK[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]
dependable adjective: able, or easily able to be depended on.
Adjective
dependable (comparative more dependable, superlative most dependable)
- Able, or easily able to be depended on.
- He was a very dependable person.
Noun
dependable (plural dependables)
- A reliable person or thing.
- But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.2009 June 7, Jeff Z. Klein, “At Full Strength, Red Wings Dominate”, in New York Times
dependable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
dependable in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய
dependable in Urdu
- قابل اعتبار
dependable in Malayalam
- ആശ്രയിക്കാവുന്ന, അവലംബിക്കാവുന്ന, വിശ്വസിക്കാവുന്ന, കരുതാവുന്ന
dependable in Kannada
- ನಂಬಿಗಸ್ತ, ನಂಬಬಲ್ಲ, ನಂಬತಕ್ಕ, ತೇಳಿದ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಾರ್ಹ, ಅವಲಂಬನಯೋಗ್ಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- dependable in Gujarati
- વિશ્વસનીય viśvasnīya
- dependable in Sanskrit
- दृढ dṛḍha
- dependable in Malay
- kuat
Examples of dependable in a sentence
- He's dependable enough that you can always tie to him.
- To be loyal means to stick by someone and to prove yourself dependable and reliable.
- You begin gathering two hours of dependable comedy by developing that first three-minute chunk.
Synonyms of dependable
Forms of dependable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more dependable |
| superlative | most dependable |
| Noun | |
| plural | dependables |
Origin of dependable
From depend + -able.
Words formed from dependable
Questions about dependable
- What does dependable mean?
- Dependable means able, or easily able to be depended on.
- What is dependable in Tamil?
- Dependable in Tamil is நம்பிக்கைக்குரிய. See Dependable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dependable?
- Dependable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dependable?
- Dependable is pronounced [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ] (UK).
Words near dependable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dependable (page history and authors); dependable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dependable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dependable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dependable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); વિશ્વસનીય (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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