What is another word for accountable?
Synonyms for accountable
əˈkaʊn tə bəlac·count·able
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Wiktionary
accountableadjective
Synonyms:
responsible, answerable, amenable, liableaccountableadjective
Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.
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liable, answerable, responsible, amenableaccountableadjective
Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
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liable, amenable, answerable, responsibleaccountableadjective
Liable to be called on to render an account;
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liable, responsible, answerable, amenableaccountableadjective
Being answerable for.
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responsible, amenable, liable, answerableaccountableadjective
Being liable for.
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amenable, responsible, liable, answerableaccountableadjective
Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Synonyms:
responsible, answerable, liable, amenable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
accountable
Synonyms:
complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yieldingAntonyms:
absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
accountable
Synonyms:
responsible, liable, amenable, punishable, answerable, accredited, delegated, subordinateAntonyms:
autocratic, independent, irresponsible, absolute, supreme, despotic
Princeton's WordNet
accountableadjective
liable to account for one's actions
"governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one"
Antonyms:
irresponsible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
accountableadjective
Synonyms:
responsible, answerable, amenable, liable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
accountableadjective
Synonyms:
answerable, liable, amenable, responsibleAntonyms:
unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "accountable":
responsible, accounts, liable, accountability, responsibility, answerable, accounting, accountant, auditors, charge, accountants, attributable
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#751 | limited | |
#1237 | responsible | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1487 | responsibility | |
#1934 | accounts | |
#1987 | accounting | |
#5364 | liable | |
#5870 | constitutional | |
#6690 | accountability | |
#6692 | accredited | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#8164 | mild | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#10837 | accountants | |
#11090 | accountant | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12571 | accountable | |
#13020 | auditors | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#14774 | attributable | |
#17436 | delegated | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#28149 | punishable | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#49824 | ductile | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#66473 | answerable | |
#66707 | docile | |
#293856 | complaisant |
How to use accountable in a sentence?
We have one remaining path to ensure justice is served, it is our legal and moral obligation to hold those who have committed crimes accountable.
The relationship between Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah is smooth and they are on the same page when it comes to making the choices, whoever is chosen has to be accountable to the president and work with the president every day, so if there were differences over the choice of officials, the government just couldn't function, and that would be self-defeating.
China has been a bad actor and everyone knows it — from continuing to stonewall on the WHO investigation of COVID-19 origins to perpetrating genocide and committing mass humans rights violations,’ i’m glad to see the Biden Administration take steps to hold China accountable, but this diplomatic boycott does not go far enough.
I will continue to pursue all legal avenues to hold Jamal's killers accountable and I will not rest until we get Justice for Jamal Khashoggis, jamal's killers and those who ordered Jamal Khashoggis murder have evaded justice thus far. I hope this criminal case in Turkey brings to light the whereabouts of Jamal's body, the evidence against the killers and the evidence of those behind the gruesome murder.
It is imperative for members of United Nations to take United Nations to heart, enforcement of Security Council sanctions must continue vigorously and without fail until we realize the fully, final, verified denuclearization. The members of Security Council must set the example on that effort, and we must all hold each other accountable.
Translations for accountable
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- яуаплыBashkir
- подотчетен, отговоренBulgarian
- odpovědnýCzech
- verantwortlichGerman
- ευεξήγητος, υπόλογοςGreek
- responsableSpanish
- vastuussa oleva, vastuullinenFinnish
- responsable, expliquableFrench
- ferantwurdlik, ferklearberWestern Frisian
- उत्तरदायीHindi
- skýranlegurIcelandic
- דין וחשבוןHebrew
- verantwoordelijk, aansprakelijk, verklaarbaarDutch
- responsávelPortuguese
- объясни́мый, отве́тственный, подотчётныйRussian
- ansvarigSwedish
- sorumluTurkish
- Có trách nhiệmVietnamese
- 负责Chinese
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