Synonyms for prone
proʊnprone

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1. prone

   One is addicted to that which he has allowed to gain a strong, habitual, and enduring hold upon action, inclination, or involuntary tendency, as to a habit or indulgence. A man may be accustomed to labor, attached to his profession, devoted to his religion, given to study or to gluttony (in the bad sense, given over, or given up, is a stronger and more hopeless expression, as is abandoned). One inclined to luxury may become habituated to poverty. One is wedded to that which has become a second nature; as, one is wedded to science or to art. Prone is used only in a bad sense, and generally of natural tendencies; as, our hearts are prone to evil. Abandoned tells of the acquired viciousness of one who has given himself up to wickedness. Addicted may be used in a good, but more frequently a bad sense; as, addicted to study; addicted to drink. Devoted is used chiefly in the good sense; as, a mother's devoted affection.

   Synonyms:
   abandoned, accustomed, addicted, attached, devoted, disposed, given, given over, given up, habituated, inclined, wedded

   Antonyms:
   averse, disinclined, indisposed, unaccustomed

   Preposition:
   Addicted to vice.

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1. prone

   Synonyms:
   disposed, inclined, bent, tending, apt, recumbent, prostrate, flat

   Antonyms:
   indisposed, disinclined, unapt, averse, upright

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1. proneadjective

   having a tendency (to); often used in combination

   "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

   Synonyms:
   prostrate

   Antonyms:
   vertical, upright, erect, disinclined

2. prone, prostrateadjective

   lying face downward

   Synonyms:
   flat, prostrate

   Antonyms:
   disinclined, erect, upright, vertical

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1. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   prostrate (with the face downwards), recumbent, lying, flat

2. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   sloping, inclining

3. proneadjective

   Synonyms:
   disposed, inclined, tending

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1. List of paraphrases for "prone":

   inclined, susceptible, likely, exposed, vulnerable, subject

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1. Leon Fresco:

   If you were to read those cold, you would read those and you would say, 'Oh my God, Latinos and immigrants and Mexicans are so violent and so prone to crime,' and really what the actual way to read that is that in the federal system, it's not like the state system where most crimes are prosecuted, there has to be an interstate or international nexus to prosecute a federal crime, so in the federal system, the easiest type of federal crime to prove is illegal immigration.

2. Michael Pallamary:

   The maps are all in error, and because of the erroneous maps, they're requiring these homeowners to purchase very, very expensive flood insurance and this is absolutely absurd. These are not flood-prone properties. They're high and dry and safe and secure.

3. Cao Si Kiem:

   When all the power is in the hand of a single person, decisions are prone to mistakes, we had to accept power dilution.

4. Daniel Swain:

   The commonality that we're seeing across most fire-prone regions on Earth is an increase in the number of extreme fire weather days, and also an increase in the magnitude of the very worst severe fire weather days, and that is linked to human-caused climate change.

5. Jay Schweikert:

   The application of this doctrine to people in a prone position is an area where we could use more clarity from the court, but it's hard to get clear, bright-line rules in this area of the law.