adjective
Responsible for your actions or for a result, and expected to explain them.
Managers are accountable for their team's results.
The agency is accountable to the public.
Good to know
Accountable is often stronger than responsible: you must answer for what happens.
Common phrases & grammar
be fully accountable · be personally accountable · accountable for results · hold someone accountable
be accountable for + noun
be accountable to + person