responsibility

1. 1.

   the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

   “we must instill a sense of duty in our children”

   “every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty”

   Synonymsdutyobligation

   Broadersocial control

   Narrowerjobguardianshipmoral obligationnoblesse obligeburden of proofcivic dutyfilial dutyimperativeincumbencylegal duty
2. 2.

   the proper sphere or extent of your activities

   “it was his province to take care of himself”

   Synonymsprovince

   Broadersphere

   Narrowerecclesiastical province
3. 3.

   a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct

   “he holds a position of great responsibility”

   Synonymsresponsibleness

   Antonymsirresponsibility

   Broadertrustworthiness

   Narrowerfaultaccountabilitydependability

   Part ofcharacter

Other forms of responsibility

plural

responsibilities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about responsibility

What does responsibility mean?

responsibility means "the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in responsibility?

responsibility has 6 syllables: re-spon-si-bil-i-ty. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /ɹiˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti/.

What is another word for responsibility?

Close synonyms include duty, obligation, province, responsibleness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of responsibility?

The recorded antonyms are irresponsibility.

Is responsibility a common word?

responsibility is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with responsibility?

23 words rhyme with responsibility. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.