Definitions

liabilities

NOUN

answerability, responsibility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountability burden culpability debt duty obligation

STRONG

amenability amenableness blame compulsion indebtedness onus subjection susceptibility

WEAK

accountableness arrearage owing

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

burden, debt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage inconvenience involvement loan mortgage obligation responsibility

STRONG

IOU account baggage balance bite chance chit contingency contract debit disadvantage drag drawback due encumbrance handicap hindrance impediment indebtedness lease millstone minus misfortune nuisance onus pledge possibility remainder tab

WEAK

arrear arrearage bad news indebtment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage benefit profit

STRONG

aid assistance blessing certainty help

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

NOUN

chance, probability

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exposure

STRONG

likelihood openness proneness susceptibility tendency vulnerability

WEAK

vulnerableness

Antonyms

WEAK

asset irresponsibility unaccountability

Example Sentences

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Some of the SpaceX-specific liabilities appear to be tied to prepayments for launch.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The company ended 2025 with about $25 billion in cash and $50 billion in liabilities.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

But the distribution of assets and liabilities and of decision-making responsibilities would be optimized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

These assets were matched by liabilities — reserves held by banks in accounts at the Fed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Eisenhower replied levelly that he shared the same liabilities.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik