Definition for Account for:

• be the reason or explanation for; " The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

Synonyms for Account for:

• v.

  •give reason for (verb)
  • elucidate,
  • resolve,
  • clarify.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • explain away.
  •
  • rationalize,
  • develop,
  • solve,
  • recite.
  •
  • excuse.
  •attribute
  • fix upon.
  •Other relevant words:
  • make reasonable,
  • restore,
  • enlighten,
  • point,
  • embody,
  • demythologize,
  • legitimate,
  • saddle with,
  • acknowledge,
  • consider,
  • gain,
  • destigmatize,
  • simplify,
  • extenuate,
  • pinpoint,
  • Euhemerize,
  • demonstrate,
  • attach to,
  • describe,
  • fix on,
  • include,
  • bear in mind,
  • legitimatize,
  • report,
  • points,
  • purge,
  • throw light upon,
  • do justice to,
  • provide for,
  • deal with,
  • make plausible,
  • make,
  • make plain,
  • contemplate,
  • unlock,
  • number,
  • apply to,
  • illuminate,
  • crack,
  • unravel,
  • lay to,
  • take into account,
  • unfold,
  • impute to,
  • reinstate,
  • exposit,
  • pin on,
  • hang on,
  • contain,
  • blame,
  • charge to,
  • show the way,
  • fasten upon,
  • settle upon,
  • exemplify,
  • clear up,
  • answer for,
  • warrant,
  • comprise,
  • extend over,
  • show,
  • remember,
  • rehabilitate,
  • ascribe to,
  • clear,
  • connect,
  • connect with,
  • make allowance for,
  • confess,
  • illustrate,
  • score,
  • incorporate,
  • popularize,
  • comprehend,
  • record,
  • attribute,
  • tally,
  • attribute to,
  • rationalise,
  • refer to,
  • show how,
  • refer,
  • vindicate,
  • palliate,
  • cover,
  • make clear,
  • bring home to,
  • accredit,
  • reckon,
  • decipher,
  • credit with,
  • set down,
  • spell out,
  • point to,
  • allegorize,
  • exculpate,
  • expound,
  • credit.

Hyponym for Account for:

• v.

  • communication
    explain, explicate.
  • stative
    be.