⚖️Accountable

adjective
/əˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/

Meaning

responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked
responsible for actions or decisions
Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible.

Example Sentences

The government should be held accountable for its policies.

The manager is accountable for the team's performance.

Staying accountable helps reduce delays.

Synonyms

responsible, answerable, liable, culpable, obligated
Entry 1
responsible, answerable, liable, culpable
Entry 2
responsible, answerable, liable
Entry 3
responsible, answerable, liable, obligated

Antonyms

unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt, unreliable
Entry 1
unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt
Entry 2
irresponsible, unaccountable
Entry 3
irresponsible, unreliable, unaccountable

Collocations

held accountable, accountable for, accountable to, fully accountable, legally accountable
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held accountable, accountable for, accountable to
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accountable for, fully accountable, legally accountable

More Example Sentences

She is accountable for managing the budget.

We are accountable for meeting our deadlines.

I am accountable for keeping the data secure.

He is accountable for responding to complaints.

They are accountable for improving the process.

She is accountable for following the safety rules.

Who are accountable for traffic jams in Los Angeles?

They are accountable for the quality of the service.

I think technology companies need to be held more accountable.

Industries must be held more strictly accountable for environmental pollution.

Related Vocabularies

contaminated or affected by something bad or undesirable
capable of producing abundant vegetation or offspring
done again; happening again; occurring multiple times
Serving as an ideal example for others, representing a perfect model to follow.
cautious or wary about doing something
of little value or importance; trivial

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