ACCOUNTABILITY Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

accountability

noun

as in responsibility

willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem There is a push to increase accountability among government officials.

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Dissimilar Words

unaccountability

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accountability The debates going into Tuesday have focused on the high cost of living, energy costs, government accountability and immigration. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026 Using Ninety's software, teams can rate meetings in real time and track improvement over time, creating accountability for making each meeting better than the last. —

Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 May 2026 Now, parents of students targeted by the display want accountability – and a national organization is getting involved. —

Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2026 Conservatism once championed decentralized government and local accountability. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for accountability

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accountability

responsibility

Noun

Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
Why the Sedins would be eager to take on this challenge, this greater level of responsibility and legacy-threatening scrutiny that will come attached to it, at this low point in franchise history, is beyond me.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 12 May 2026