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Synonyms
calculable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty
Antonyms
dodgy [chiefly British], uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsafe, untrustworthy
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The networks are relying on dependable hits to stand out amid growing competition. — Paula Bernstein, Fortune, "Here’s When Your Favorite Shows Return to TV This Fall," 5 Sep. 2019 Your dependable melee weapon becomes useless against a stream of kamikaze service droids. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "System Shock 2 helped define survival horror — but it’s still in a league of its own," 11 Aug. 2019 Years later, Greek life remains a dependable avenue to bring in thousands of potential Tinder and Bumble users. — Terry Nguyen, Vox, "Frats are throwing parties with Tinder and Bumble. This isn’t exactly new.," 20 Aug. 2019 But, as dependable old hatreds are rising up again, Grant has become more current. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 Geothermal energy is cheaper than coal and as dependable. — The Economist, "African countries plan to build dozens of coal-fired power stations," 25 July 2019 In a string of tweets posted Thursday night, Trump said the currencies are not as dependable or reliable as the U.S. dollar. — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, "Trump on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies: 'I am not a fan'," 12 July 2019 The services sector, normally dependable, barely grew. — The Economist, "Britain’s economy contracts for the first time since 2012," 9 Aug. 2019 And there are lots of areas within this huge midlatitude band that have abundant near-surface water ice and dependable winds (to blow light-blocking dust off the aerogel). — Mike Wall, Scientific American, "Silica Blankets Could Make Mars Habitable," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dependable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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