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See definition of prone on Dictionary.com
  • adj.lying down
  • adj.liable, likely

synonyms for prone

  • decumbent
  • face down
  • flat
  • horizontal
  • level
  • procumbent
  • prostrate
  • reclining
  • recumbent
  • resupine
  • supine
See also synonyms for: proneness
  • apt
  • devoted
  • exposed
  • inclined
  • ready
  • sensitive
  • susceptible
  • willing
  • bent
  • disposed
  • fain
  • given
  • minded
  • open
  • predisposed
  • subject
  • tending
On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prone, such as: decumbent, face down, flat, horizontal, level, and procumbent.

antonyms for prone

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  • improbably
  • sitting
  • straight
  • unlikely
  • upright
  • disinclined
  • unprepared
  • unskilled
  • unsuitable
  • unsusceptible
  • unwilling
  • improbably
  • sitting
  • straight
  • unlikely
  • upright
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There is no doubt that many people would be prone to anthropomorphize even a simple chatbot built with GPT-3.
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While in the future we may be able to build quantum computers that are less prone to disturbances, in the meantime we will need to find ways to mitigate the errors they cause.
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People who are prone to hearing voices, it turns out, tend to talk about them.
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The area where the development would be built is highly prone to wildfires.
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The idea behind many of these schemes is to combine multiple error-prone qubits to form one more reliable qubit.
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Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.
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He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.
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WORDS RELATED TO PRONE

  • disposed
  • given
  • liable
  • likely
  • of a mind
  • prone
  • ready
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.