to blame

ADJECTIVE

answerable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountable amenable liable obligated obliged

WEAK

bound chargeable compelled constrained subject

Antonyms

STRONGEST

irresponsible unaccountable

WEAK

irrefutable unprovable

ADJECTIVE

at fault

Synonyms

WEAK

blameworthy culpable erring guilty in error in the wrong liable on one's head responsible wrong

ADJECTIVE

culpable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

guilty impeachable liable reprehensible responsible

WEAK

amiss answerable at fault blamable blameful blameworthy caught caught in the act caught red-handed censurable demeritorious dirty found wanting hung up in the wrong indictable off base out of line punishable sinful smoking gun unholy wrong

Antonyms

STRONGEST

immune irresponsible

WEAK

blameless inculpable innocent not guilty right

ADJECTIVE

responsible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

answerable culpable guilty liable pledged subject

WEAK

at fault at the helm authoritative bonded bound bound to carrying the load censurable chargeable compelled constrained contracted decision-making devolving on duty-bound engaged executive exposed fettered hampered held high in authority in control incumbent minding the store obligated obliged on the hook open susceptive sworn to tied under contract under obligation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

innocent right unaccountable

WEAK

excused exempt free immature immune irresponsible untrustworthy

Example Sentences

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Before the civil trial began, Erickson, through his lawyers, sought to blame Grossman for the entire incident, insisting he was going just over the 45-mph speed limit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The Labour council might not have been entirely to blame for the state it was in, but they seem to have carried the can.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Slow planning processes and uneasiness about public debt are to blame, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

A measure of inflation used by the Federal Reserve to set interest rates jumped from 2.8% to 3.5% in March, its highest level since spring 2023, with high gas prices mostly to blame.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

“You are both cowards. You fight by proxy because you are too cowardly to challenge each other directly. Afraid that you will fail and have nothing to blame except yourselves.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

to blame

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