Accountable

//əˈkaʊntəbl̩//

Synonyms for "accountable" (46 found)

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Closest matches (10)

amenable responsible alleged answerable ascribable assignable attributable

Adjective(2 words)

amenable answerable

Adjective(1 words)

answerable

Strong matches (13)

attributed chargeable charged construable corresponding credited debt definable derivable from derivational derivative describable due

Related words (23)

englishable explainable explicable fault guilty imputable imputed interpretable liable obligated obliged owing putative referable referred to renderable responsible for stable to blame traceable

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translatable

Adjective(2 words)

liable responsible

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

unaccountable

Synonyms

1 entries

amenable

Related terms

1 entries

hold to account

derived

9 entries

accountability accountable depot accountable disbursing officer accountable mail accountable officer accountableness accountably nonaccountable unaccountable

derived from

1 entries

account

related to

9 entries

accounted answerable explainable explicable funds hold to account liable property records

similar

2 entries

responsible

Translations

53 translations across 27 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

aanspreeklik adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
verantwoordelik adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὑπεύθυνος adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Arabic

2 entries

مَسْؤُول adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
مُحَاسَب adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Armenian

3 entries

հաշվետու adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
հաշվետվողական adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
պատասխանատու adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Bashkir

3 entries

яуаплы adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
яуаплы adj (obliged to keep accurate records)
яуаплы adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

Bulgarian

2 entries

отговорен adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
подотчетен adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

有解說義務的 /有解说义务的 adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
有責任的 /有责任的 adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Danish

1 entries

ansvarlig adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Dutch

3 entries

aansprakelijk adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
verantwoordelijk adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
verklaarbaar adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)

Estonian

1 entries

vastutav adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Finnish

4 entries

vastuullinen adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
vastuullinen adj (liable to be called on to render an account)
vastuunalainen adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
vastuunalainen adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

French

3 entries

expliquable adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)
responsable adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
responsable adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

German

1 entries

verantwortlich adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Greek

3 entries

αρμόδιος adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
ευεξήγητος adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)
υπόλογος adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

Hungarian

3 entries

elszámoltatható adj (liable to be called on to render an account)
felelős adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
felelősségre vonható adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Icelandic

1 entries

skýranlegur adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)

Italian

1 entries

responsabile adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Macedonian

1 entries

отчетен adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Persian

1 entries

پاسخگو adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Polish

1 entries

odpowiedzialny adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Portuguese

1 entries

responsável adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Russian

4 entries

объясни́мый adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)
отве́тственный adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
подотчётный adj (obliged to keep accurate records)
подотчётный adj (liable to be called on to render an account)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ȍdgovōran adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
о̏дгово̄ран adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Slovak

1 entries

zúčtovateľný adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Spanish

3 entries

imputable adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
rendir cuentas adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
responsable adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

Swedish

1 entries

ansvarig adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)

West-Frisian

2 entries

ferantwurdlik adj (obliged to answer for one’s deeds)
ferklearber adj (capable of being accounted for; explicable)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I am accountable to him for the loss.

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I'm not accountable to you for my conduct.

Source: tatoeba (250882)

I am not accountable to you for my actions.

Source: tatoeba (250883)

Every sane man is accountable to his conscience for his behavior.

Source: tatoeba (270106)

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