What does responsible mean?
Definitions for responsible
rɪˈspɒn sə bəlre·spon·si·ble
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word responsible.
Princeton's WordNet
responsibleadjective
worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
"a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament"
responsible, responsible for(p)adjective
being the agent or cause
"determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage"
creditworthy, responsibleadjective
having an acceptable credit rating
"a responsible borrower"
Wiktionary
responsibleadjective
Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
responsibleadjective
Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
responsibleadjective
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
She has a responsible position in the firm.
responsibleadjective
Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Who is responsible for this mess?
responsibleadjective
Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
He looks like a responsible guy.
Etymology: From responsable, from responsus, from respondere
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Responsibleadjective
Etymology: from responsus, Lat.
He as much satisfies the itch of telling news; he as much persuades his hearers; and all this while he has his retreat secure, and stands not responsible for the truth of his relations. Government of the Tongue.
The necessity of a proportion of money to trade depends on money as a pledge, which writing cannot supply the place of; since the bill, I receive from one man, will not be accepted as security by another, he not knowing that the bill is legal, or that the man bound is honest or responsible. John Locke.
ChatGPT
responsible
Responsible refers to having an obligation or duty to deal with something or having control over someone or something. It also refers to being accountable for one's actions or decisions, and capable of making moral or rational decisions on one's own. Furthermore, it can also imply reliability or dependability, particularly in fulfilling tasks or roles.
Webster Dictionary
Responsibleadjective
liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office
Responsibleadjective
able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety
Responsibleadjective
involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office
Editors Contribution
responsible
To be accountable or trusted to action or make a choice or decision.
Our children are responsible at a very young age as we teach and educate them to be responsible people.
Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'responsible' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1062
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'responsible' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1492
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'responsible' in Adjectives Frequency: #133
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of responsible in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of responsible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of responsible in a Sentence
We have tremendous respect and admiration for the students organizing and making their voices heard regarding gun violence in schools and elsewhere in our country, we have heard you. The nation has heard you. We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that's in front of us.
Pregnancy doesn't come about by women alone -- but to hold only women responsible makes the law very unfair.
I would say everyone who tastes wines in different-shaped glasses would believe they are actually different wines. And out of those, you can pick your preference, which proves that one shape elevates the components of the wine better than another, of course, a glass cannot change a wine from a bad wine to a good wine. We are not responsible for miracles.
Social media is the disease and the cure. It is responsible for the dissemination of misinformation as much as it needs to be a tool for repairing that, it's incumbent upon physicians, who want to get real information out there, to meet these patients where they are -- and that's social media.
Hillary Clinton-backed policies are responsible for the problems in the inner cities today, and a vote for her is a vote for another generation of poverty, high crime, and lost opportunities.
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Translations for responsible
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- مسئولة, مسؤول, مسؤولة, مسئولArabic
- яуаплыBashkir
- адка́зныBelarusian
- responsableCatalan, Valencian
- odpovědnýCzech
- ansvarlig, ansvarsbevidst, ansvarsfuld, pålidelig, ansvarligeDanish
- verantwortungsvoll, verantwortlich, zuverlässig, vernünftigGerman
- de responsabilidad, responsableSpanish
- responsableFrench
- an urra ri, cùramachScottish Gaelic
- उत्तरदायीHindi
- tanggung jawabIndonesian
- 責任Japanese
- 책임이 있는Korean
- responsibleLatin
- responsabel, verantwoordelijk, degelijk, aansprakelijk, betrouwbaarDutch
- ansvarligNorwegian
- odpowiedzialnyPolish
- responsávelPortuguese
- responsabilRomanian
- ответственный, ответственностьRussian
- pålitlig, ansvarskännande, ansvarig, förtroende, ansvarstagande, ansvarsfullSwedish
- รับผิดชอบThai
- sorumluluk sahibiTurkish
- chịu trách nhiệmVietnamese
- responsåveWalloon
- 主管Chinese
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