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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accountable, administrative, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt to, at fault, authoritative, capable of, chargeable, chief, creditable, culpable, decision-making, dependable, dependent on, directorial, ethical, executive, exposed, exposed to, faithworthy, guilty, honest, important, in danger of, incident to, incorruptible, inviolable, leading, liable, liable to, likely to, managerial, naked to, obligated, obliged to, open, open to, pledged, principal, prone to, proven, ready for, reliable, responsible for, stable, standing to, straight, subject, subject to, sure, susceptive to, tested, to be trusted, to blame, top, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy, trusty, unfalse, unperfidious, untreacherous, within range of
Dictionary Results for responsible:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
responsible
    adj 1: 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" [ant: irresponsible]
    2: being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible
       party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" [syn:
       responsible, responsible for(p)]
    3: having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower"
       [syn: creditworthy, responsible]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Responsible \Re*spon"si*ble\ (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), a. [Cf. F.
   responsable. See Respond.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and
      obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to
      have a responsible man for surety.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of
      accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a
      responsible office.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable.
        [1913 Webster] -- Re*spon"si*ble*ness, n. --
        Re*spon"si*bly, adv.
        [1913 Webster]

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