accountableEnglishOxford English Thesaurusaccountable adjective 1 the government was held accountable for the food shortage: responsible, liable, answerable, chargeable; to blame. ▷antonyms unaccountable. 2 ministers are accountable to parliament: 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.accountable Oxford Dictionary of English