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responsible |
Grep of noun responsible responsibleness Overview of adj responsible The adj responsible has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) responsible -- (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") 2. (1) responsible, responsible for -- (being the agent or cause "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage") 3. creditworthy, responsible -- (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower") Antonyms of adj responsible 3 senses of responsible Sense 1 responsible (vs. irresponsible) irresponsible (vs. responsible) => carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy => do-nothing(postnominal) => feckless => flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained => idle, loose => trigger-happy => unaccountable => unreliable Sense 2 responsible, responsible for(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA causative) -> noncausative, noncausal Sense 3 creditworthy, responsible INDIRECT (VIA trustworthy) -> untrustworthy, untrusty Similarity of adj responsible 3 senses of responsible Sense 1 responsible (vs. irresponsible) => accountable(prenominal), answerable(prenominal) => judicious => liable => trustworthy Also See-> obligated#1; prudent#1; trustworthy#1, trusty#1 Sense 2 responsible, responsible for(prenominal) => causative (vs. noncausative) Sense 3 creditworthy, responsible => trustworthy (vs. untrustworthy), trusty Attributes of adj responsible 1 of 3 senses of responsible Sense 1 responsible (vs. irresponsible) => responsibility, responsibleness Familiarity of adj responsible responsible used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj responsible irresponsible responsible responsible for Overview of adj responsible The adj responsible has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) responsible -- (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") 2. (1) responsible, responsible for -- (being the agent or cause "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage") 3. creditworthy, responsible -- (having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower")
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