accountable
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- liable to account for one's actions
- "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"
- "fully accountable for what they did"
Adj
- Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
- Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
- Liable to be called on to render an account.
- Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Origin / Etymology
* First attested around 1400.
* account + -able
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
accountable is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordaccountable is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accountable is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 23
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