Synonyms:
apt(p), liable(p)
Meaning: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"
Synonyms:
liable(p)
Meaning: subject to legal action; "liable to criminal charges"
Synonyms:
liable(p), nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant
Meaning: (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes"
Usage examples
"No; you're round, so you're liable to do anything," asserted the Woozy.
For either of these faults they were liable to be divorced by their husbands.
"But the water is quite wet," exclaimed the Clown, "and is liable to make you damp.
"You," said the Pumpkinhead, gloomily, "are liable to live for many years. My life is necessarily short.
If he falls they're liable to pile on him and chew him up before we can get to him!" commanded the guide.
She cannot be fined by any court of law; but is liable to be tried and punished for crimes by peers of the realm.
Then everything which is good, whether made by art or nature, or both, is least liable to suffer change from without?
"That is true," said Don Quixote, "and the reason is, that he who is not liable to offence cannot give offence to anyone.
Do you know, lots of times we're liable to misjudge some one until something happens to show us just the sort of a person he is."
The early demonstrations of the enemy showed that Virginia was liable to invasion from the north, from the east, and from the west.