Synonyms for accountable
əˈkaʊn tə bəlac·count·able

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1. accountableadjective

   Synonyms:
   responsible, answerable, amenable, liable

2. accountableadjective

   Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.

   Synonyms:
   liable, answerable, responsible, amenable

3. accountableadjective

   Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).

   Synonyms:
   liable, amenable, answerable, responsible

4. accountableadjective

   Liable to be called on to render an account;

   Synonyms:
   liable, responsible, answerable, amenable

5. accountableadjective

   Being answerable for.

   Synonyms:
   responsible, amenable, liable, answerable

6. accountableadjective

   Being liable for.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, responsible, liable, answerable

7. accountableadjective

   Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.

   Synonyms:
   responsible, answerable, liable, amenable

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. accountable

   Synonyms:
   complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, mild, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   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

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1. accountable

   Synonyms:
   responsible, liable, amenable, punishable, answerable, accredited, delegated, subordinate

   Antonyms:
   autocratic, independent, irresponsible, absolute, supreme, despotic

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1. 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. accountableadjective

   Synonyms:
   responsible, answerable, amenable, liable

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1. accountableadjective

   Synonyms:
   answerable, liable, amenable, responsible

   Antonyms:
   unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt

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1. List of paraphrases for "accountable":

   responsible, accounts, liable, accountability, responsibility, answerable, accounting, accountant, auditors, charge, accountants, attributable

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1. Travis Kelce:

   I’ve never beaten Rob Gronkowski... and Tom Brady in a playoff situation, and I’m very aware of that, i think the AFC Championship game a couple years ago has fueled me to be more accountable for my team mates and to be better out there on the field when it’s needed.

2. Ken Mapp:

   What these companies did or appear to have been doing is clearly a violation of the law, and they'll be held accountable for it.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   Like any other public official, when a police officer breaks the law, that officer must be held accountable.

4. The FBI:

   We continue to focus our efforts on imposing risk and consequences and holding the responsible cyber actors accountable, a cyber attack on one is an attack on us all.

5. Elijah Cummings:

   We can not stand for this type of harm to the public or this interference with Congress' oversight responsibilities, we will take all appropriate actions to ensure that generic manufacturers are held accountable for misconduct.