Synonyms for accountable
əˈkaʊn tə bəl

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this antonym:

1. accountable(adj)

   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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. accountable(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   liable, responsible, answerable, amenable

2. accountable(adjective)

   Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.

   Synonyms:
   liable, answerable, responsible, amenable

3. accountable(adjective)

   Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).

   Synonyms:
   liable, amenable, answerable, responsible

4. accountable(adjective)

   Liable to be called on to render an account;

   Synonyms:
   answerable, amenable, liable, responsible

5. accountable(adjective)

   Being answerable for.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, liable, answerable, responsible

6. accountable(adjective)

   Being liable for.

   Synonyms:
   amenable, answerable, liable, responsible

7. accountable(adjective)

   Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.

   Synonyms:
   responsible, answerable, liable, amenable

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. accountable

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. accountable(a.)

   Synonyms:
   responsible, answerable, amenable, liable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. accountable(a)

   Synonyms:
   answerable, liable, amenable, responsible

   Antonyms:
   unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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