'Responsible' definitions:
Definition of 'responsible'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament" [ant: irresponsible]
adjective
Being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" [syn: responsible, responsible for(p)]
adjective
Having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower" [syn: creditworthy, responsible]
Definition of 'Responsible'
From: GCIDE
- Responsible \Re*spon"si*ble\ (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. responsable. See Respond.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*spon"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Re*spon"si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'responsible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accountable,
- administrative,
- amenable,
- answerable,
- answerable for,
- apt to,
- at fault,
- authoritative,
- capable of,
- chargeable,
- chief,
- creditable,
- culpable,
- decision-making,
- dependable,
- dependent on,
- directorial,
- ethical,
- executive,
- exposed,
- exposed to,
- faithworthy,
- guilty,
- honest,
- important,
- in danger of,
- incident to,
- incorruptible,
- inviolable,
- leading,
- liable,
- liable to,
- likely to,
- managerial,
- naked to,
- obligated,
- obliged to,
- open,
- open to,
- pledged,
- principal,
- prone to,
- proven,
- ready for,
- reliable,
- responsible for,
- stable,
- standing to,
- straight,
- subject,
- subject to,
- sure,
- susceptive to,
- tested,
- to be trusted,
- to blame,
- top,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- true,
- trustable,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- unfalse,
- unperfidious,
- untreacherous,
- within range of
Words containing 'Responsible'
- Responsal,
- Response,
- Responsibility,
- Responsibleness,
- Responsibly,
- Responsion,
- Responsive,
- Responsively,
- Responsiveness,
- responsible for,
- Consultary response,
- anamnestic response,
- civic responsibility,
- conditional response,
- conditioned response,
- electrodermal response,
- frequency response,
- immune response,
- immunologic response,
- learned response,
- psychogalvanic response,
- reflex response,
- response time,
- sense of responsibility,
- startle response,
- conditioned avoidance response,
- conditioned emotional response,
- electrical skin response,
- galvanic skin response,
- humoral immune response,
- frequency-response characteristic,
- frequency-response curve,
- cell-mediated immune response