Meanings
comparative more dependable · superlative most 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
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveworthy of reliance or trust
adjectiveworthy of being depended on
adjectiveconsistent in performance or behavior
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti
- Proto-Italic*pendējō
- Proto-Italic*pendēō
- Latinpendeō
- Latindependeō
- Old Frenchdependre
- Middle Englishdependen
- Englishdepend
- Englishdependable
Translations
Bulgarian надежден, непоколебим
- надежден (nadežden)able to be depended on
- непоколебим (nepokolebim)able to be depended on
- сигурен (siguren)able to be depended on
Catalan acèrrim, fiable
- acèrrimable to be depended on
- fiableable to be depended on
Czech spolehlivý
- spolehlivýable to be depended on
Danish pålidelig, driftsikker
- pålideligable to be depended on
- driftsikkerable to be depended on
Dutch betrouwbaar
- betrouwbaarable to be depended on
Finnish luotettava, vankkumaton
- luotettavaable to be depended on
- vankkumatonable to be depended on
French fiable
- fiableable to be depended on
German ausdauernd, beharrlich
- ausdauerndable to be depended on
- beharrlichable to be depended on
- verlässlichable to be depended on
- zuverlässigable to be depended on
Hebrew מהימן
- מהימןable to be depended on
Italian affidabile, fermo
- affidabileable to be depended on
- fermoable to be depended on
Latin fīdus
- fīdusable to be depended on
Malay kuat
- kuatable to be depended on
Māori hākirikiri, horopū
- hākirikiriable to be depended on
- horopūable to be depended on
- ngākau ponoable to be depended on
- titikahaable to be depended on
- tōmauable to be depended on
- pouwhirinakia person who can be relied upon
Norwegian Bokmål trofast
- trofastable to be depended on
Polish niezawodny
- niezawodnyable to be depended on
Portuguese confiável, forte
- confiávelable to be depended on
- forteable to be depended on
Romanian fiabil
- fiabilable to be depended on
Russian надёжный
- надёжный (nadjóžnyj)able to be depended on
Scottish Gaelic seasmhach
- seasmhachable to be depended on
Spanish fiable, firme
- fiableable to be depended on
- firmeable to be depended on
- dependibleable to be depended on
Swedish pålitlig, ståndaktig
- pålitligable to be depended on
- ståndaktigable to be depended on
Turkish güvenilir, itimada şayan
- güvenilirable to be depended on
- itimada şayanable to be depended on
- itimat edilirable to be depended on
Ukrainian наді́йний
- наді́йний (nadíjnyj)able to be depended on
Cite this entry
dependable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependable
“dependable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dependable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dependable.
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