All decision-making synonyms
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D d adj decision-making
- accountable — If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
- managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- guilty — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- answerable — If you are answerable to someone, you have to report to them and explain your actions.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- liable — legally responsible: You are liable for the damage caused by your action.
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- ruling — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- governing — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- controlling — having or attempting to exert control
- managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- at fault — If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.
- authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
- bonded — A bonded company has entered into a legal agreement which offers its customers some protection if the company does not fulfil its contract with them.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- chargeable — If something is chargeable, you have to pay a sum of money for it.
- held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
- high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obliged — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- tied — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- susceptive — receptive.
- at the helm — steering a ship
- compelled — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- duty-bound — If you say you are duty-bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it.
- fettered — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- on the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.