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Meaning of ACCOUNTABLE

Pronunciation:  u'kawntubul

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  liable to be called to account; "you are answerable for this debt"
 

ACCOUNTABLE is a 11 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: amenable, answerable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ac*count"a*ble\, a.
1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable;
   as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.]
         True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and
         accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. --B.
                                               Whichcote.
Syn: Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: alleged, amenable, answerable, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, chargeable, charged, construable, credited, definable, derivable from, derivational, derivative, describable, due, Englishable, explainable, explicable, imputable, imputed, interpretable, liable, obligated, obliged, owing, putative, referable, referred to, renderable, responsible, responsible for, to blame, traceable, translatable
 

 

 

 

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