ACCOUNTS Synonyms: 260 Similar and Opposite Words

accounts 1 of 2

noun

plural of account

as in chronologies

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened

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as in versions

a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work

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as in statements

a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due please add this meal to my restaurant account

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as in funds

a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses

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as in considerations

a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse

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short shrifts

as in regards

a feeling of great approval and liking held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account

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as in clients

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts

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as in explanations

a statement given to explain a belief or act he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours

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as in reasons

something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling

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accounts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of account

as in considers

to think of in a particular way account themselves lucky to be alive

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Recent Examples of accounts

Noun

The Chinese unicorns – DeepSeek, Minimax and Moonshot AI – created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and trained their models using over 16 million exchanges with Claude, a process known as distillation, Anthropic alleged in a Monday blogpost. —

John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026 But questions remain over which firms will stand up the accounts and how others will be able to roll them over to their own platforms. —

Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026 Some reported lacking access to basic facilities like water and food during the wait, and there were accounts of devices going missing amid the confusion. —

The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026 Chicago led the country in the largest change of people who had accounts in distress in 2024 compared to 2025. —

Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 Small gaps in information can compound over time, especially when multiple accounts and recurring payments are involved. —

Karen “kh” Koehler february 23, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 Legality is wrong measure The DHS subpoenas that target social media accounts may be perfectly legal. —

Stephanie A, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026 Many people like tools that connect directly to their bank accounts. —

Malana Vantyler, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026 But seething popular anger has not abated in the weeks following a government crackdown that killed thousands of protesters, according to accounts from inside the country. —

Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026

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Wreckage from intense winds accounts for half of all severe weather reports in the lower 48 states, with people living in mobile homes particularly at risk for injury and death. —

Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026 The shift risks further straining a pension system that already accounts for about a quarter of the country’s budget. —

semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026 Building a Budget That Accounts for Overseas Support A working budget accounts for all regular costs, even money sent overseas. —

Malana Vantyler, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026 That amount, which may be updated in the coming days, accounts for the costs incurred by all the agencies that responded to his fake distress call. —

Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026 Finding a galaxy where dark matter accounts for 99% of the total mass is extraordinary, even in a universe where dark matter is abundant. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026 The Cubs’ business operations department doesn’t find much humor in Cubbie Occurrences, so there was no post from the Cubs accounts about the triple play. —

Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026 Less weight means Ford’s electric truck can be powered by a smaller battery, which accounts for some 40% of the cost of an EV. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026 Ward now works as an artist, filling her Instagram and X accounts with her sketches and illustrations. —

James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounts

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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.

— John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025