Synonyms for responsible
rɪˈspɒn sə bəlre·spon·si·ble

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1. responsibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

2. responsibleadjective

   Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

3. responsibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

4. responsibleadjective

   She has a responsible position in the firm.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

5. responsibleadjective

   Who is responsible for this mess?

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

6. responsibleadjective

   He looks like a responsible guy.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. responsible

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, mild, 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. responsibleadjective

   worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable

   "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament"

   Synonyms:
   creditworthy, responsible for(p)

   Antonyms:
   feckless, unreliable, devil-may-care, harum-scarum, irresponsible, carefree, trigger-happy, idle, unaccountable, loose, noncausative, freewheeling, slaphappy, untrusty, do-nothing(a), untrustworthy, noncausal, happy-go-lucky

2. responsible, responsible for(p)adjective

   being the agent or cause

   "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage"

   Antonyms:
   unreliable, idle, do-nothing(a), devil-may-care, untrustworthy, untrusty, irresponsible, freewheeling, unaccountable, noncausative, harum-scarum, carefree, noncausal, slaphappy, happy-go-lucky, feckless, loose, trigger-happy

3. creditworthy, responsibleadjective

   having an acceptable credit rating

   "a responsible borrower"

   Synonyms:
   responsible, creditworthy, responsible for(p)

   Antonyms:
   untrusty, unaccountable, feckless, untrustworthy, carefree, freewheeling, slaphappy, do-nothing(a), happy-go-lucky, loose, idle, irresponsible, noncausative, devil-may-care, harum-scarum, trigger-happy, unreliable, noncausal

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1. responsibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   answerable, liable, accountable, amenable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. responsibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   accountable, answerable, amenable

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible, unaccountable, independent

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1. List of paraphrases for "responsible":

   accountable, responsibility, liable, chargé, competent, loaded, perpetrators, liability, officials, makers, authors, guilty, responsable, granting, tasked, lead, accountability, leaders, responsibly, responsables, charged, mandated, head, responsibilities, origin, entrusted, official, answerable, managers, relevant, load

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How to use responsible in a sentence?

1. Katie Lawson:

   She is responsible for directing the office that investigates on-campus sexual misconduct and discrimination and the office that coordinates disability accommodations, as well as leading large-scale, campuswide trainings and acadmemic [sic] support programs that serve thousands of students.

2. James Miller:

   We took this approach because it was a responsible course of action and chose not to counter the wide number of inaccurate facts and misinformation being reported by various new agencies through less than reliable sources, our course will continue to stay the same regardless of 'allegations' made by a handful of violent convicted felons.

3. Mayor Ginger Nelson:

   We do value having the right to make those choices as individuals. That's a very American thing. I think in my city, Amarilloans have done a responsible job of that. Many businesses that watched our numbers and said,' We're not ready to open' even though statewide they had the ability to open, they chose not to. I think a lot of customers are doing the same.

4. The ICC Bensouda:

   Innocent civilians continue to bear the brunt of insecurity and instability, in particular as a result of what appears to be an ongoing government campaign to target them, the people alleged to be most responsible for these ongoing atrocities are the same people against whom warrants of arrest have already been issued.

5. The Nevada Democrat:

   The Republican establishment acts bewildered. But they shouldn't. As much as they may try to distance themselves from Trump now, Republican leaders are responsible for his rise.