Synset

worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

sample sentences

"a responsible adult"
"responsible journalism"
"a responsible position"
"the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"
"the cabinet is responsible to the parliament"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

responsibleness responsibility

antonym

irresponsible

semantic pointers

also see

obligated prudent trustworthy, trusty

attribute

responsibility, responsibleness