ACCOUNTS Synonyms: 260 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of account

as in chronologies

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened newspaper reporters must strive to provide an accurate account of what happened

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as in versions

a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view the pianist gave an account of the sonata that revealed a very mature understanding of the work

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as in statements

a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due please add this meal to my restaurant account

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as in funds

a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose after paying the tuition, there was still money left for books in her special account for college expenses

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as in considerations

a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something take into account the potential problems that come with keeping a horse

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short shrifts

as in regards

a feeling of great approval and liking held her grandmother, a pioneer in aviation, in high account

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as in clients

a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the company sends out holiday cards to all its accounts

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as in explanations

a statement given to explain a belief or act he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours

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as in reasons

something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing for that account alone you should agree that the system needs overhauling

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accounts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of account

as in considers

to think of in a particular way account themselves lucky to be alive

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Recent Examples of accounts

Noun

There are conflicting accounts of the total number of viewers, given that it was broadcast across several different platforms, but Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of TPUSA’s The Charlie Kirk Show, said the total may have exceeded 20 million viewers. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 Feb. 2026 Bumble later confirmed that one of its contractors' accounts had been compromised in a phishing attack. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026 Google is tightening limits on free YouTube Music accounts, this time by restricting access to song lyrics. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026 By all accounts, Silvia had a temper, but Guojun, who liked to drink, was particularly volatile. —

Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Granted, reporters often present accounts as events are occurring, whether on live broadcasts or through their own social media posts. —

Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 By all accounts, the renewal of the Pakistan Accord is a good thing. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026 Following the report, Risher confirmed on X that Lyft would launch teen accounts early this year in hundreds of cities nationwide. —

Samantha Subin, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 Some users, like Stalter, are deleting their accounts and leaving the app altogether (though some have also had trouble deleting their accounts, Fiesler noted). —

Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026

Verb

While social media was, and continues to be, a hotbed of culture-war goofiness, people yelling about lentils in the comments section of Jezebel hardly accounts for the rise of RFK Jr. —

Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 Today, China accounts for around 70% of global manufacturing across the six core clean technologies identified by the International Energy Agency (IEA)—EVs, solar, wind turbines, batteries, electrolyzers, and heat pumps—anchoring what is fast becoming a multitrillion-dollar market. —

Justin Worland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026 The readymade garments industry is the linchpin of Bangladesh’s export economy and accounts for 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. —

Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026 Sustainable fuel currently accounts for about 1% of all fuel sold at SFO, but the airport has a goal to hit 5%. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026 The Dow is more focused on sectors like financials and industrials, and less exposed to the tech sector, which accounts for a larger share of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite’s market value. —

John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026 What in your view accounts for the big viewership gains this past season? —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026 Payment history accounts for the largest share of your credit score at about 35%. —

Liz Knueven, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026 Rare earths are vital for defense and the energy transition, but China accounts for about three-fifths of global mining and 91% of refined output, and, after a recent diplomatic spat, Beijing banned exports of some products to Japan. —

semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounts

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Plaintiff attorneys have built similar tools capable of producing polished demand letters, medical chronologies, and settlement ranges using massive legal datasets.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
This requires a set of skills to interrogate the past by probing deeply, constructing and reconstructing chronologies, and contemplating counterfactuals in which different decisions might have significantly altered subsequent events.

— John T. Shaw, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025