accountable

adjective

1 the government was held accountable for the food shortage:

responsible, liable, answerable, chargeable;

to blame.

▷antonyms unaccountable.

2 government must be accountable to its citizens:

answerable, responsible, reporting, subject;

under the charge of, bound to obey, obeying, bound by.

3 the game's popularity is barely accountable:

explicable, explainable;

understandable, comprehensible, intelligible, definable, reasonable, unsurprising.