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

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

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

   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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

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"

   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

   Synonyms:
   creditworthy, responsible for(p)

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"

   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

   Synonyms:
   creditworthy, responsible for(p)

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

1. responsibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible, unaccountable, independent

   Synonyms:
   accountable, answerable, amenable

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shirk

   a person who does not run away from situations created by him

   he is a not a shirk who runs away from taking responsibilities, he stood by his family and showed how responsible he is.

   Submitted by rinat on June 13, 2017  

How to use responsible in a sentence?

1. Tim Jones:

   I feel more responsible than anyone.

2. Doug McMillon:

   It's clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable, congress and the administration should act. Given our decades of experience selling firearms, we are also offering to serve as a resource in the national debate on responsible gun sales.

3. Joe BidenHe:

   Anyone who's responsible for that many deaths should not remain as President of the United States of America.

4. Gabe Feldman:

   I don't know how far even Democratic or liberal Congress people are willing to go in terms of revenue sharing, many people don't want to be the ones responsible or potentially taking the blame for damaging this sport or this industry that millions of people love.

5. Matt Wolking:

   In contrast, President Trump is listening to medical and scientific experts and taking every responsible precaution to protect the American people.

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