The opposite of the word responsible

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. responsibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

2. responsibleadjective

   Parents are responsible for their child’s behaviour.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

3. responsibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

4. responsibleadjective

   She has a responsible position in the firm.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

5. responsibleadjective

   Who is responsible for this mess?

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

6. responsibleadjective

   He looks like a responsible guy.

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. responsible

   Antonyms:
   absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, meek, mild, submissive, yielding

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. 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»

   Antonyms:
   feckless, unreliable, devil-may-care, harum-scarum, irresponsible, carefree, trigger-happy, idle, unaccountable, loose, noncausative, freewheeling, slaphappy, untrusty, do-nothing(a), untrustworthy, noncausal, happy-go-lucky

   Synonyms:
   creditworthy, responsible for(p)

2. responsible, responsible for(p)adjective

   being the agent or cause

   «determined who was the responsible party»; «termites were responsible for the damage»

   Antonyms:
   unreliable, idle, do-nothing(a), devil-may-care, untrustworthy, untrusty, irresponsible, freewheeling, unaccountable, noncausative, harum-scarum, carefree, noncausal, slaphappy, happy-go-lucky, feckless, loose, trigger-happy

3. creditworthy, responsibleadjective

   having an acceptable credit rating

   «a responsible borrower»

   Antonyms:
   untrusty, unaccountable, feckless, untrustworthy, carefree, freewheeling, slaphappy, do-nothing(a), happy-go-lucky, loose, idle, irresponsible, noncausative, devil-may-care, harum-scarum, trigger-happy, unreliable, noncausal

   Synonyms:
   creditworthy, responsible for(p)

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shirk

   a person who does not run away from situations created by him

   he is a not a shirk who runs away from taking responsibilities, he stood by his family and showed how responsible he is.

   Submitted by rinat on June 13, 2017  

How to use responsible in a sentence?

1. Hendrik Willem Van Loon:

   Great Britain, an island off the Dutch coast, which is responsible for the happiness of fully one-quarter of the human race.

   Per: Van Loon’s Geography, Copy-write 1932. Garden City Publishing, Copy-write 1937; Page-216.

2. James Miller:

   We took this approach because it was a responsible course of action and chose not to counter the wide number of inaccurate facts and misinformation being reported by various new agencies through less than reliable sources, our course will continue to stay the same regardless of ‘allegations’ made by a handful of violent convicted felons.

3. Lakesha Robinson:

   I want him to learn that he got to be responsible for his actions.

4. Tom Malinowski:

   When somebody who we already know is responsible for the kidnapping, rendition, murder and torture of other people in this category sends you a text message warning that bad things will happen to you, it’s fair to assume that he means business.

5. Grant Duwe:

   Paranoid schizophrenia is what is more common among these individuals, they feel like large groups of people are out to get them, and that they are responsible for making their life miserable. We also see that individuals who do this are loners, they’re not trusting, so they don’t have close friendships of social relationships.

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