💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Answer for"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| account forverb | (transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. |
| account toverb | (transitive) To answer to; to be responsible to. |
| hold to accountverb | (transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred. |
| answernoun | A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. |
| take responsibilityverb | To accept or take on an obligation or liability. |
| answer toverb | To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name. |
| blamenoun | Responsibility for something meriting censure. |
| thankverb | (transitive) To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something). |
| shouldernoun | The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket. |
| responsibilizeverb | (transitive) To make responsible; to imbue with a sense of responsibility. |
| take upon oneselfverb | (transitive) To assume personal responsibility for. |
| take onverb | To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. |
| bearnoun | A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae. |
| respondverb | (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply. |
| accountnoun | (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. |
| put it toverb | To put up for consideration. |
| call to accountverb | (idiomatic) To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something. |
| take possessionverb | To become the owner. [with of] |
| covernoun | A lid. |
| reckon forverb | (archaic) To answer for; to pay the account for. |
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