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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How to use accountable in a sentence?

1. Elle Hearns:

   There is no support for any of the candidates. Each candidate should expect to be held accountable. That is our political position in this current election cycle, one of things they can do is expect to be held accountable and to be receptive to that accountability.

2. Nick Dienna:

   I commend Master Chief Carter for having the forthrightness and the courage to uphold this ethos by taking responsibility and holding himself accountable for his comments, i sincerely thank him for his years of devoted service to our Navy and to the men and women of Truman, and I wish him the best.

3. Julia Misley:

   I want this action to expose an industry that protects celebrity offenders, to cleanse and hold accountable an industry that both exploited and allowed me to be exploited for years, along with so many other naïve and vulnerable kids and adults.

4. Judge Maureen Skerda:

   I know you maintain your innocence, but you have been found guilty by a jury of your peers, and the court must hold you accountable.

5. Harriet Hageman congressional campaign:

   Wyoming deserves a congresswoman who will combat the disastrous Biden administration and hold them accountable for their policies which are ravaging our energy industries, destroying our sovereignty by obliterating our southern border, robbing our citizens of prosperity through catastrophic inflation, and encroaching on our constitutional rights.