be+responsible+or+liable
31liable — / laɪəb(ə)l/ adjective ♦ liable for legally responsible for ● The customer is liable for breakages. ● The chairman was personally liable for the company’s debts. ● The garage is liable for damage to customers’ cars …
32liable — adjective 1) they are liable for negligence Syn: responsible, accountable, answerable, chargeable, blameworthy, at fault, culpable, guilty 2) my income is liable to fluctuate wildly Syn: likely, inclined …
33liable — / laɪəb(ə)l/ adjective ♦ liable for legally responsible for ● The customer is liable for breakages. ● The chairman was personally liable for the company’s debts …
34responsible — Synonyms and related words: accountable, administrative, amenable, answerable, answerable for, apt to, at fault, authoritative, capable of, chargeable, chief, creditable, culpable, decision making, dependable, dependent on, directorial, ethical,… …
35responsible — responsibleness, n. responsibly, adv. /ri spon seuh beuhl/, adj. 1. answerable or accountable, as for something within one s power, control, or management (often fol. by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions. 2.… …
36responsible — adjective 1) who is responsible for prisons? Syn: in charge of, in control of, at the helm of, accountable for, liable for 2) I am responsible for the mistake Syn: accountable, answerable, to blame, guilty, culpabl …
37liable — adjective /ˈlaɪəbl̩/ a) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable. The surety is liable for the debt of his principal. b) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty …
38liable — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Responsible] Syn. answerable, subject, accountable; see responsible 1 . 2. [Likely] Syn. likely, subject, apt, inclined; see likely 4 . See Synonym Study at likely . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. responsible… …
39responsible — adj. 1 (often foll. by to, for) liable to be called to account (to a person or for a thing). 2 morally accountable for one s actions; capable of rational conduct. 3 of good credit, position, or repute; respectable; evidently trustworthy. 4 (often …
40liable — Legally responsible for a debt, an accident, an unfulfilled obligation (under a contract) or a crime. A person found liable for an act or omission usually must pay damages or, if the act was a criminal one, face punishment. See liability …
