Definition for Responsibility:

• Being responsible( declines all r. for it; will take the r. of doing it; did it on his own r., without authorization; is not afraid of r., of having to act without detailed guidance); charge for which one is responsible( a family is a great r.; asked to be relieved of his r. or rr.).

Synonyms for Responsibility:

• n.

  •
  • capacity,
  • faithfulness,
  • ability,
  • loyalty,
  • stability,
  • firmness,
  • steadfastness,
  • competency,
  • efficiency,
  • uprightness,
  • concern,
  • reliability.
  •
  • need.
  •accountability, blame (noun)
  • authority,
  • incubus,
  • duty,
  • culpability,
  • Obligatoriness,
  • pledge,
  • importance,
  • incumbency,
  • subjection,
  • constraint,
  • power,
  • holding the bag,
  • amenability,
  • albatross,
  • boundness,
  • engagement,
  • contract,
  • restraint.
  •affair (noun)
  • pro vince,
  • pro-vince,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro-vinces,
  • under-taking,
  • office functions,
  • trans-action,
  • trans-actions,
  • under taking,
  • under-takings,
  • under takings,
  • trans actions,
  • trans action.
  •burden (noun)
  • excess baggages,
  • mis fortune,
  • herculean tasks,
  • mis fortunes,
  • thorn side,
  • ball chain,
  • thorn in ones side,
  • thorn one side,
  • thorn one's side,
  • weary loads,
  • thorn ones side,
  • thorn in one side,
  • mis-fortunes.
  •burden of proof (noun)
  • burden proof,
  • onus probandis,
  • burden-proof.
  •business (noun)
  • beeswax,
  • goings-on,
  • Hanky Panky.
  •care (noun)
  • dis mays,
  • un happinesses,
  • un-happinesses,
  • dis-composure,
  • fore boding,
  • mis giving,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis composures,
  • un happiness,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-tress,
  • un-happiness,
  • fore-boding,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis may,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-composures,
  • un easiness,
  • mis-giving,
  • un-easinesses,
  • fore bodings,
  • dis-quiet,
  • un easinesses,
  • dis composure,
  • dis quiets,
  • un-easiness,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • dis-mays,
  • fore-bodings,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis-may.
  •command (noun)
  • devoir,
  • requirement,
  • requirements,
  • adjurations,
  • imperatives,
  • devoirs,
  • will,
  • prohibitions,
  • adjuration.
  •commitment (noun)
  • pro mise,
  • pro mises,
  • pro-mises,
  • pro-mise.
  •connection (noun)
  • involvement.
  •culpability (noun)
  • culpablenesses.
  •debt (noun)
  • in the hole,
  • out-standing,
  • dead horse,
  • red ink,
  • below the line,
  • outstandings,
  • in hock.
  •department (noun)
  • slot.
  •dependence/dependency (noun)
  • be-lief,
  • de pendency,
  • de pendencies,
  • de-pendencies,
  • trustinesses,
  • be lief,
  • inter dependences,
  • inter-dependence,
  • inter-dependences,
  • trustworthinesses,
  • responsiblenesses,
  • inter dependence,
  • de-pendency.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • hangup,
  • to do,
  • TODO,
  • vicissitude,
  • quandary,
  • bafflement.
  •discretion (noun)
  • de liberations,
  • canninesses,
  • pre-caution,
  • fore-sights,
  • de liberation,
  • judiciousnesses,
  • fore-sight,
  • good senses,
  • de-liberation,
  • presence mind,
  • consideratenesses,
  • fore sight,
  • pre cautions,
  • dis criminations,
  • fore-thoughts,
  • de-liberations,
  • fore thought,
  • pre-cautions,
  • fore-thought,
  • fore sights,
  • dis-crimination,
  • pre caution,
  • dis-criminations,
  • fore thoughts,
  • dis crimination.
  •encumbrance (noun)
  • monkey one's back,
  • monkey ones back,
  • monkey one back,
  • monkey on ones back,
  • monkey on one back,
  • monkey back.
  •expense (noun)
  • de-privations,
  • out-put,
  • in vestment,
  • out lays,
  • in vestments,
  • in-vestments,
  • out puts,
  • out-puts,
  • out put,
  • up keep,
  • over heads,
  • out-lays,
  • de privation,
  • outdi,
  • out pocket,
  • in-vestment,
  • sur charge,
  • de privations,
  • over-heads,
  • sur charges,
  • sur-charge,
  • up-keep,
  • sur-charges,
  • out-lay,
  • up-keeps,
  • up keeps,
  • de-privation.
  •fault (noun)
  • in accuracy,
  • in discretion,
  • mis-conduct,
  • mis cues,
  • in-discretion,
  • mis-cues,
  • loss innocence,
  • in-accuracy,
  • slip ups,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis-cue,
  • over sight,
  • mis conducts,
  • answerabilities,
  • mis deeds,
  • in-discretions,
  • mis-conducts,
  • mis-demeanors,
  • mis deed,
  • over-sight,
  • over-sights,
  • mis demeanor,
  • mis conduct,
  • in discretions,
  • over sights,
  • mis-deed,
  • mis-deeds,
  • evil doings,
  • mis cue,
  • in accuracies,
  • mis demeanors,
  • in-accuracies.
  •function (noun)
  • raison detre.
  •guilt (noun)
  • sinfulness,
  • self-reproach,
  • Malefaction,
  • Peccability,
  • criminalities,
  • self-condemnation,
  • blameworthiness,
  • malefactions.
  •honesty (noun)
  • bluntnesses,
  • reputabilities,
  • straightforwardnesses,
  • up rightness,
  • evenhandednesses,
  • impeccabilities,
  • selfrespect,
  • straightnesses,
  • self respect,
  • up-rightnesses,
  • up-rightness,
  • self-respects,
  • up rightnesses,
  • outspokennesses.
  •paternity (noun)
  • creator,
  • forefather,
  • parent,
  • producer,
  • father,
  • author,
  • mother,
  • paternity,
  • founder,
  • engenderer,
  • Procreator,
  • maker,
  • sire,
  • forebear.
  •province (noun)
  • province.
  •support (noun)
  • support.
  •task (noun)
  • fun and gameses,
  • fun games,
  • long row hoe,
  • fun gameses.
  •weight (noun)
  • cumbrances.
  •work (noun)
  • specializations,
  • line of business,
  • dos,
  • nine-to-five,
  • specialization.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ownership,
  • hat,
  • purview,
  • remit,
  • sphere,
  • guardianship,
  • compulsion,
  • trusteeship.
  •
  • millstone,
  • baton,
  • assignment,
  • must,
  • call.
  •
  • imperative,
  • trust,
  • portfolio.
  •problem
  • nut.
  •scrupulousness
  • conscientiousness.

Paraphrases for Responsibility:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    responsible, accountability, liable.
  • Proper noun, singular
    accountabilities, responsible, accountability, Duties, responsiblity, liability, duty.
  • Noun, plural
    accountabilities, responsible, accountability, Duties, liability.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    responsability, onus, responsible, accountability, liability, duty.
  • Verb, past tense
    responsible, accountability, liability, duty.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    responsibilities, responsible, accountability, liability, duty.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    co-responsibility, irresponsibility.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    accountable, incumbent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    priorities, representations, objectives, perpetrators, designations, awards, discuss, features, events, accountable, competence, competences, liabilities, liable, ownership.
  • Noun, plural
    burdens, Penalties, Missions, shoulders, offenders, hazards, battles, Ones, auspices, competences, liabilities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    LUMPS, culpability, purview, matter, accountable, supervision, guilt, responsibility-sharing, indemnity, mission, load, prerogative, authorship, portfolio, buck, stewardship, competition, concern, post, purpose, resort, competence, discretion, guardianship, care, seriousness, aegis, mantle, ownership, responsiveness.
  • Verb, past tense
    blamed, lay, Claimed, Told.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Rests, requires, behoves.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fault.

Antonyms for Responsibility:

• n.

  • accountability, blame
    exemption, distrust, freedom, immaturity, immunity, blessing, benefit, irresponsibility.
  • maturity, trustworthiness
    impotence, inability, weakness, incompetence.
  • Other antonyms:
    discharge, grace, shakiness, Questionableness, loophole, stay, alternative, preference, relief, pick, release, option, dubiousness, choice, ease, unreliability, selection, waiver, doubtfulness, uncertainness, postponement.

Responsibility Sentence Examples:

• My dear, are you sure that that is your responsibility?

• But he could not tell Caroline that, because she must not know of the young man's responsibility for the accident.