You have a responsibility to explain that behavior to me.
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Responsibility
/ɹɪˌspɒn.səˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Synonyms for "responsibility" (207 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
Noun(13 words)
dutyobligationresponsiblenessremitaccountabilityact responsiblyadultnessassignmentbe owned byburdeningburdenscatalan obligaciócharge
Verb(1 words)
accept responsibility
Strong matches (62)
chargeabilitycommandcommissioncommissioningcommitmentconcernconductconnectionconnection withconsignmentcreditculpabilitycuredebtdedication to dutydelegated authoritydelegationdepartmentdependabilitydeputation
Show 32 more words
derivation fromdevolutiondevolvementdevotion to dutydirectiondrivingduteousnessdutifulnessdutyembassyempowermententrustingentrustmenterrandetiologyexecutionexecutorshipexequaturexerciseeyefactorshipfaithworthinessfaultfull powerfunctionfunctioningguilthandlinghonorimputationincorruptibilityincumbency
Adjective(2 words)
civic dutyenvironmental burden
Noun(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
give the charge
Related words (103)
intendanceinviolabilityjobjurisdictionlegationliabilitylicenselieutenancyloadlookoutmanagementmandatemanipulationmissionobligationoccupationofficeonusoperancyoperation
Show 48 more words
oversightpalaetiologypartpatchperformanceperformingplaceplacementplenipotentiary powerpower of attorneypower to actpracticeprocurationproxypurviewrealmreference toregencyregentshipreliabilityresponsiblenessrolerunningsaddlingsense of dutysense of obligationstabilitysteeringstintsuperintendencesupervisionsurenesssurveillancetaskthingtrusttrustabilitytrusteeshiptrustinesstrustworthinessunfalsenessunperfidiousnessuntreacherousnessvicarious authoritywarrantworkworkingworkings
Noun(28 words)
mantlemantlesmatter formoral obligationmore obligedobligation to helpobligation to learnobligationsoffice tasksonusesowned byownershipownership conceptownership ofpart of groupprovincereckoningsreliabilityresearch dutiesself management
Show 8 more words
sense of moral obligationservice obligationshouldershoulderingstudy team rolessustainability concepttasktrustworthiness
Adjective(4 words)
Determiner(1 words)
no more excuses
Verb(2 words)
obey instructionsobligating
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: duty, obligation, responsibleness, remit, accept responsibility.
- Sentence evidence is available for responsibility, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "responsibility".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "responsibility"
Keep "responsibility" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
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2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "responsibility" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesareaarenaassignmentcharacter traitdomainfieldmoral conceptmoral qualitynormorbitsocial controlsocial expectationspheretasktrustinesstrustworthiness
More specific
10 entriesbook reportclass presentationfinancial responsibilitylegal responsibilitymoral responsibilityorganizationpunctualityscience projectself disciplinetime management
Collocations
6 entriesaccept responsibilityassume responsibilitymoral responsibilitypersonal responsibilitysense of responsibilitytake responsibility
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
164 translations across 82 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përgjegjësi noun (the state of being responsible)
Arabic
2 entries- مَسْؤُولِيَّة noun (the state of being responsible)
- مَسْؤُولِيَّة noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Armenian
2 entries- պատասխանատվություն noun (the state of being responsible)
- պատասխանատվություն noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
4 entries- ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (the state of being responsible)
- ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (the state of being responsible)
- ܡܸܬܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Asturian
2 entries- responsabilidá noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilidá noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cavabdehlik noun (the state of being responsible)
- məsuliyyət noun (the state of being responsible)
Bashkir
2 entries- яуаплылыҡ noun (the state of being responsible)
- яуаплылыҡ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Basque
2 entries- erantzukizun noun (the state of being responsible)
- erantzukizun noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Belarusian
2 entries- абавя́зак noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- адка́знасць noun (the state of being responsible)
Bengali
3 entries- কাজ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- দায়িত্ব noun (the state of being responsible)
- দায়িত্ব noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Bulgarian
2 entries- задълже́ние noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- отгово́рност noun (the state of being responsible)
Burmese
1 entries- တာဝန် noun (the state of being responsible)
Catalan
2 entries- responsabilitat noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilitat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Cebuano
2 entries- katungdanan noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- responsibilidad noun (the state of being responsible)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بارکێشان noun (the state of being responsible)
- بارکێشان noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 責任 /责任 noun (the state of being responsible)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 責任 /责任 noun (the state of being responsible)
- 責任 /责任 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Czech
3 entries- odpovědnost noun (the state of being responsible)
- odpovědnost noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- zodpovědnost noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Danish
2 entries- ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
- ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Dutch
2 entries- verantwoordelijkheid noun (the state of being responsible)
- verantwoordelijkheid noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Esperanto
2 entries- respondeco noun (the state of being responsible)
- respondeco noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Estonian
1 entries- vastutus noun (the state of being responsible)
Faroese
1 entries- ábyrgd noun (the state of being responsible)
Finnish
2 entries- vastuu noun (the state of being responsible)
- velvollisuus noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
French
2 entries- responsabilité noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilité noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Galician
2 entries- responsabilidade noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilidade noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Georgian
1 entries- პასუხისმგებლობა noun (the state of being responsible)
German
4 entries- Pflicht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- Verantwortlichkeit noun (the state of being responsible)
- Verantwortung noun (the state of being responsible)
- Verantwortung noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Greek
4 entries- ευθύνη noun (the state of being responsible)
- ευθύνη noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- υπευθυνότητα noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- υποχρέωση noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַחֲרָיוּת noun (the state of being responsible)
Hindi
4 entries- उत्तरदायित्व noun (the state of being responsible)
- उत्तरदायित्व noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- ज़िम्मेदारी noun (the state of being responsible)
- ज़िम्मेदारी noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Hungarian
4 entries- dolog noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- feladat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- felelősség noun (the state of being responsible)
- kötelesség noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Icelandic
1 entries- ábyrgð noun (the state of being responsible)
Indonesian
2 entries- tanggung jawab noun (the state of being responsible)
- tanggung jawab noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Interlingua
2 entries- responsabilitate noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilitate noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- مَسْئولِیَّت noun (the state of being responsible)
- مَسْئولِیَّت noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Irish
2 entries- freagracht noun (the state of being responsible)
- freagracht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Italian
2 entries- responsabilità noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilità noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Japanese
2 entries- 責任 noun (the state of being responsible)
- 責任 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Kazakh
1 entries- жауапкершілік noun (the state of being responsible)
Khmer
2 entries- ការគួរ noun (the state of being responsible)
- ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ noun (the state of being responsible)
Korean
2 entries- 책임 noun (the state of being responsible)
- 책임 noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жоопкерчилик noun (the state of being responsible)
Lao
2 entries- ຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ noun (the state of being responsible)
- ໜ້າທີ່ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Latvian
1 entries- atbildība noun (the state of being responsible)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsakomybė noun (the state of being responsible)
Macedonian
1 entries- одговорност noun (the state of being responsible)
Malay
2 entries- tanggungjawab noun (the state of being responsible)
- tanggungjawab noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഉത്തരവാദിത്വം noun (the state of being responsible)
Mongolian
2 entries- хариуцлага noun (the state of being responsible)
- ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭᠠ noun (the state of being responsible)
Māori
3 entries- haepapa noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- takohanga noun (the state of being responsible)
- takohanga noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- berpirsî noun (the state of being responsible)
- berpisiyarî noun (the state of being responsible)
- mesûliyet noun (the state of being responsible)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
- ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Occitan
2 entries- responsabilitat noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilitat noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اصر noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- مسئولیت noun (the state of being responsible)
Pashto
2 entries- مسؤليت noun (the state of being responsible)
- مسوولیت noun (the state of being responsible)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Flicht noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Polish
2 entries- odpowiedzialność noun (the state of being responsible)
- odpowiedzialność noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Portuguese
2 entries- responsabilidade noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilidade noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Romanian
1 entries- responsabilitate noun (the state of being responsible)
Russian
3 entries- обя́занность noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- отве́тственность noun (the state of being responsible)
- отве́тственность noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odgovórnōst noun (the state of being responsible)
- одгово́рно̄ст noun (the state of being responsible)
Shan
1 entries- ပုၼ်ႈၽွၼ်း noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Slovak
1 entries- zodpovednosť noun (the state of being responsible)
Slovene
1 entries- odgovornost noun (the state of being responsible)
Sotho
1 entries- boikarabelo noun (the state of being responsible)
Spanish
2 entries- responsabilidad noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilidad noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Swahili
4 entries- daraka noun (the state of being responsible)
- jukumu noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- madaraka noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- majukumu noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Swedish
2 entries- ansvar noun (the state of being responsible)
- ansvar noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Tagalog
4 entries- kapanagutan noun (the state of being responsible)
- kapanagutan noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- pananagutan noun (the state of being responsible)
- responsabilidad noun (the state of being responsible)
Tajik
1 entries- масъулият noun (the state of being responsible)
Telugu
2 entries- బాధ్యత noun (the state of being responsible)
- బాధ్యత noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Thai
2 entries- ความรับผิดชอบ noun (the state of being responsible)
- หน้าที่ noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Turkish
4 entries- mesuliyet noun (the state of being responsible)
- mesuliyet noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- sorumluluk noun (the state of being responsible)
- sorumluluk noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Turkmen
1 entries- jogapkärçilik noun (the state of being responsible)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відповіда́льність noun (the state of being responsible)
- обов'я́зок noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Urdu
4 entries- ذِمِّیداری noun (the state of being responsible)
- ذِمِّیداری noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
- مَسْئُولِیَّت noun (the state of being responsible)
- مَسْئُولِیَّت noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Uyghur
2 entries- جاۋابكارلىق noun (the state of being responsible)
- مەسئۇلىيەت noun (the state of being responsible)
Uzbek
2 entries- javobgarlik noun (the state of being responsible)
- masʼuliyat noun (the state of being responsible)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trách nhiệm noun (the state of being responsible)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfrifoldeb noun (a duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible)
Xhosa
1 entries- uxanduva noun (the state of being responsible)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You are not excused from the responsibility for this serious situation.
Source: tatoeba (16685)
My responsibility is to keep the company solvent.
Source: tatoeba (22407)
In brief, you should have accepted the responsibility.
Source: tatoeba (39765)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "responsibility"?
Closest matches include duty, obligation, responsibleness, remit, accept responsibility.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "responsibility"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.