responsible

Questions about responsible

What does responsible mean?

responsible means "worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in responsible?

responsible has 4 syllables: re-spon-si-ble. The stress falls on "spon". In IPA it is /ɹiˈspɑnsəbəl/.

What is another word for responsible?

Close synonyms include responsible for, creditworthy. 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 responsible?

The recorded antonyms are irresponsible.

Is responsible a common word?

responsible 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 responsible?

1 word rhymes with responsible. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.