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responsible
Synonyms and Antonyms of responsible
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being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so
2
worthy of oneʼs trust
calculable, dependable, good, reliable, safe, secure, solid, steady, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty
disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue
deceitful, dishonest, lying, mendacious, untruthful
debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, fishy, problematic (also problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, uncertain, unsound
dodgy [chiefly British], uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsafe, untrustworthy
Synonym Discussion of responsible
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- the bureau responsible for revenue collection
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- an intelligence agency answerable to Congress
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- elected officials are accountable to the voters
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- laws are amenable to judicial review
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- not liable for the debts of the former spouse
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