adjective
1.
Synonyms: responsible , accountable, amenable, answerable
Related Word: bound, tied
Contrasted words: exempt, immune; free, independent
2.
being likely to be affected by some usually adverse contingency or action
without the heat shield he was liable to be burned
Synonyms: exposed, obnoxious, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible
Related Word: assailable, penetrable, vulnerable; attackable, beatable, conquerable, vincible
Antonyms: unliable
3.
Synonyms: apt 1, given, inclined, likely, prone
Antonyms: unliable