English
Adjective
Responsible (comparative more Responsible, superlative most Responsible)
- Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
- Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
- Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- She has a responsible position in the firm.
- Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
- Who is responsible for this mess?
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- He looks like a responsible guy.
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Adverbs for Responsible
admittedly; personally; individually; fearfully; unfortunately; entirely; directly;
criminally; legally; accidently; voluntarily;
peculiarly; indisputably; terribly; undoubtedly; officially; allegedly; indirectly; certainly; partially; reliably; sincerely; heavily; altogether; perfectly; safely; gravely;
seriously; unhappily; completely; tragically;
frightly; tremendously; naturally; incidentally; temporarily; permanently; momentarily; duly; morally; financially; deeply; carefully; wholly.
Thesaurus
accountable, administrative, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt to, at fault, authoritative, capable of, chargeable, chief, creditable, culpable, decision-making, dependable, dependent on, directorial, ethical, executive, exposed, exposed to, faithworthy, guilty, honest, important, in danger of, incident to, incorruptible, inviolable, leading, liable, liable to, likely to, managerial, naked to, obligated, obliged to, open, open to, pledged, principal, prone to, proven, ready for, reliable, responsible for, stable, standing to, straight, subject, subject to, sure, susceptive to, tested, to be trusted, to blame, top, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, unfalse, unperfidious, untreacherous, within range of
Etymology
From French responsable, from Latin responsus, from respondere
Pronunciation
Translations
answerable for an act performed or for its consequences
able to answer reasonably for one's conduct
involving a degree of personal accountability
being a primary cause or agent of some event or action
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