ACCOUNTABILITIES Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

accountability

noun

as in responsibility

willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.

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Dissimilar Words

unaccountability

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accountability Medical and public health professional organization can lead this accountability effort. —

Jesse L. Goodman, STAT, 18 May 2026 Immigration, government spending and the federal government all finished with 9% of the vote, followed by accountability, transparency and the audit at 5%. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 18 May 2026 Employees carry judgment, accountability and organizational context. —

Oleg Malii, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 These efforts try to ensure that accountability is clear across entire supply chains. —

Suvrat Dhanorkar, The Conversation, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for accountability

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountability

responsibility

Noun

He’d been promoted to colonel after the death of Joshua Fry, but that simply meant that all the responsibility for the defeat at Fort Necessity fell on his shoulders.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Today’s astrology could leave you mentally bouncing between practical responsibilities and the desire to completely escape reality for a few hours.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026