accountable
/əˈkaʊntəb(ə)l
/adjective
1Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible: ministers are accountable to Parliament parents cannot be held accountable for their children’s actions...
- When nobody can be held accountable for decisions like this, democracy is dead.
- He suggested that a club be formed and that its members be held accountable for the responsible use of the pier.
- History will tell whether those responsible will be held accountable for their crimes.
Synonyms
responsible, liable, answerable, chargeable;
to blame
answerable, responsible, reporting, subject;
under the charge of, bound to obey, obeying, bound by
2Able to be explained or understood: the delayed introduction of characters' names is accountable, if we consider that names have a low priority
Synonyms
explicable, explainable;
understandable, comprehensible, intelligible, definable, reasonable, unsurprising
Derivatives
accountably
- He finished third to See More Business in ‘99, second to Looks Like Trouble the following year and ran accountably badly when down the field behind Best Mate two years ago.
- We diligently dedicate ourselves every single day to ensuring these things don't occur but when they do, we have to act responsibly and accountably and that's exactly what we will do.
- The only way that can be done is if people help bring them publicly and accountably before the courts.
- higher ground
- higher law
- higher learning
- higher-level
- higher mathematics
- highermost
- higher-order
- higher plants
- higher-ranking
- Higher School Certificate
- Higher Thought
- higher-up
- highest common factor
- highest good
- highest-ranking
- high explosive
- highfalutin
- highfalutination
- highfaluting
- high farming
- high fashion
- high-fat
- high-fed
- high-fiber
- high-fibre