- responsible⇄adj. 1. obliged or expected to account (for, to); accountable; answerable.
Ex. Each pupil is responsible for the care of the books given him. The people had given him his command, and to the people alone he was responsible (James A. Froude). - responsible⇄noun responsibleness.
- responsible⇄noun 1. a person of responsibility.
2. an actor who undertakes to play any part which may be temporarily required.
Ex. Hearing that one of their 'responsibles' had just left, I went straight to the manager ... and was accepted (Jerome K. Jer - responsible⇄responsible, adjective, noun.