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responsible
Overview of adj responsible
The adj responsible has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) responsible -- (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")
2. (1) responsible, responsible for -- (being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage")
3. creditworthy, responsible -- (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower")
Grep of noun responsible
responsibleness
Antonyms of adj responsible
3 senses of responsible
Sense 1
responsible (vs. irresponsible)
irresponsible (vs. responsible)
=> carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy
=> do-nothing(prenominal)
=> feckless
=> idle, loose
=> trigger-happy
=> unaccountable
=> unreliable
Sense 2
responsible, responsible for(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal
Sense 3
creditworthy, responsible
INDIRECT (VIA trustworthy) -> untrustworthy, untrusty
Similarity of adj responsible
3 senses of responsible
Sense 1
responsible (vs. irresponsible)
=> accountable
=> answerable
=> amenable
=> liable
=> trustworthy
Also See> obligated#1; prudent#1; trustworthy#1, trusty#1
Sense 2
responsible, responsible for(predicate)
=> causative (vs. noncausative)
Sense 3
creditworthy, responsible
=> trustworthy (vs. untrustworthy), trusty
Pertainyms of adj responsible
Attributes of adj responsible
1 of 3 senses of responsible
Sense 1
responsible (vs. irresponsible)
=> responsibility, responsibleness
Domain of adj responsible
Domain Terms of adj responsible
Familiarity of adj responsible
responsible used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj responsible
irresponsible
responsible
responsible for
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