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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;
Synonyms:
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
ranking | word | |
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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 will, whenever the evidence shows retaliation is engaged in, hold them accountable.
Starbucks' treatment of our fellow partners in Arizona mirrors its treatment of union supporters at stores across the country, as a result, we fully expect that this is the first of many future petitions The NLRB will pursue against Starbucks, until the company is held accountable for its violations of our right to organize.
School deficits will be held accountable less for violations and parents will have less opportunity to get justice.
We’ve got two members leading appropriations in the Senate who will no longer be here or be able to be held accountable to constituents.
You have to be able to get to yes because we have to solve the problems for the American people, but you also have to be willing to vote against your own leadership, it’s easy to vote against the other side's leadership but it's tough to vote against your own leadership and hold them 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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