responsible

Speech parts

1. responsible - Noun

2. responsible - Adjective

3. responsible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.

Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

accountable amenable answerable creditworthy boy scout important established sound behind constitutive chargeable charge serious stable bound

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Antonyms

irresponsible triton free clear aper false

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Phrases with the word

environmentally responsible be responsible not responsible be responsible for hold responsible person responsible

Examples

Children weren't born by chance and we are held responsible for their salvation. John Chrysostom

A person cannot choose the time in which he is born or lives; it is not up to him, who his parents are, or the nation he will be born into, but what he is responsible for is how he will act in that given time: will he be human or inhuman. Pavle (Serbian)

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. Don Marquis

Someone who doesn't want to be responsible for his doing. Indonesian Proverb

We're responsible for our own misfortune. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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