Meanings
plural reliabilities
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.
2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3Synonyms: dependability · Antonyms: unreliability
- uncountableusuallyeducationthe ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
- uncountableusuallyengineeringmeasurable time of work before failure
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being dependable or reliable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishrely
- Englishreliable
- Englishreliability
Translations
Bulgarian наде́ждност
- наде́ждност (nadéždnost)quality of being reliable
Catalan fiabilitat
- fiabilitatquality of being reliable
Czech spolehlivost
- spolehlivostquality of being reliable
Dutch betrouwbaarheid, betrouwbaarheid
- betrouwbaarheidquality of being reliable
- betrouwbaarheidquality of a measurement
Esperanto fidindeco
- fidindecoquality of being reliable
Finnish luotettavuus
- luotettavuusquality of being reliable
French fiabilité, fiabilité
- fiabilitéquality of being reliable
- fiabilitéquality of a measurement
German Zuverlässigkeit, Belastbarkeit
- Zuverlässigkeitquality of being reliable
- Belastbarkeitquality of a measurement
Greek αξιοπιστία
- αξιοπιστία (axiopistía)quality of being reliable
Indonesian reliabilitas, keterandalan
- reliabilitasquality of being reliable
- keterandalanquality of being reliable
- keandalanquality of being reliable
- reliabilitasquality of a measurement
Irish dílseacht
- dílseachtquality of being reliable
Italian affidabilità, attendibilità
- affidabilitàquality of being reliable
- attendibilitàquality of being reliable
Latin firmitas, firmitudo
- firmitasquality of being reliable
- firmitudoquality of being reliable
- firmitasquality of a measurement
- firmitudoquality of a measurement
Malay kebolehpercayaan, keandalan
- kebolehpercayaanquality of being reliable
- keandalanquality of being reliable
- kebolehpercayaanquality of a measurement
Norwegian Bokmål tilforlatelighet, pålitelighet
- tilforlatelighetquality of being reliable
- pålitelighetquality of being reliable
- reliabilitetquality of being reliable
Polish niezawodność
- niezawodnośćquality of being reliable
Portuguese confiabilidade, fiabilidade
- confiabilidadequality of being reliable
- fiabilidadequality of a measurement
- confiabilidadequality of a measurement
Romanian fiabilitate
- fiabilitatequality of being reliable
Russian надёжность, то́чность
- надёжность (nadjóžnostʹ)quality of being reliable
- то́чность (tóčnostʹ)quality of a measurement
Spanish fiabilidad, fiabilidad
- fiabilidadquality of being reliable
- fiabilidadquality of a measurement
Swedish trovärdighet
- trovärdighetquality of being reliable
Tagalog pagkamapanghahawakan
- pagkamapanghahawakanquality of being reliable
Turkish güvenilirlik
- güvenilirlikquality of being reliable
Ukrainian наді́йність, то́чність
- наді́йність (nadíjnistʹ)quality of being reliable
- то́чність (tóčnistʹ)quality of a measurement
- докла́дність (dokládnistʹ)quality of a measurement
Cite this entry
reliability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliability
“reliability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reliability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliability.
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