Synonyms for prone
- adjective
Most common
pronated lying wont bent inclined susceptible predisposed procumbent
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inclined, susceptible, predisposed, bent, lying, apt, recumbent, flat, subject, wont, disposed, procumbent
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lying face-down.
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Prone is used only in a bad sense, and generally of natural tendencies; as, our hearts are prone to evil.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- lying I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.
- wont I would've liked going on a cruise, but I wont get to.
- bent The boy bent back to look up at his father's face.
- inclined Old people are inclined to look back on the past.
- susceptible Northern Algeria is susceptible to earthquakes.
By length
- 3 letters
- apt1
- 4 letters
- flat1, wont1, bent1, nuel
- 5 letters
- lying2
- 7 letters
- subject2
- 8 letters
- inclined2, disposed2, pronated
- 9 letters
- prostrate2, recumbent
- 10 letters
- procumbent
- 11 letters
- susceptible4, predisposed3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lying2 = 2 syllables).