fallible
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
likely to fail or make errors
everyone is fallible to some degree
Related & opposite
- infallible antonym
- fallibility derivation
- errant similar to
- erring similar to
- unreliable similar to
- weak similar to
Sense 2 adjective
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
I'm only a fallible human
Related & opposite
- imperfection derivation
- human similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | infallible |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fallibility |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | errant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | erring |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unreliable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imperfection |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | human |