Asset
Asset noun - A thing that helps.
Usage example: the team's strong pitching staff has become a real asset in its pursuit of a pennant
Liability
Liability noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: a retired football player whose chief asset—his prodigious girth—has now become a liability
Nearby Word: liable
How words are described
| high | high asset | high liability |
| physical | physical asset | physical liability |
| net | net asset | net liability |
| single | single asset | single liability |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, big, enormous, huge, potential, useless, major, expendable, significant, greatest, economic, financial, bigger, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Tropers were divided on whether its brevity was an asset or a liability, compared to the previous episode.
Source: Bottle Episode - Feeling Their Age: Randall begins to realize he's becoming more of a liability than an asset on rescue missions, especially when compared to Jake who's fresh out of training.
Source: Film / The Guardian - Occurs in The Guardian when Randall begins to realize he's becoming more of a liability than an asset on rescue missions, especially when compared to Jake who's fresh out of training.
Source: Feeling Their Age
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Liability or Asset. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/asset/liability.
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