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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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

The group’s official social media accounts confirmed the news on Sunday, April 26. —

Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026 Read the accounts from other NPR journalists here. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026 The victim, who has not been identified, suffered severe crushing injuries to his lower limbs after becoming trapped in a lifting system, local fire authorities told Reuters, citing eyewitness accounts. —

Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Internal documents from Blue Hills, however, show the influence McCrory exercised over the state taxpayer money that arrived in Blue Hills’ bank accounts between 2022 and 2025. —

Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026 Federal officials say possible foul play is suspected, noting Hou’s bank accounts were depleted before law enforcement was even notified of his disappearance. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Overdraft fees quietly drain bank accounts Another expensive mistake? —

Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 With decades of access to senior leadership under both Chávez and Maduro, Carvajal is seen by investigators as a rare insider capable of providing detailed accounts of how those networks operated and evolved. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 Bread Financial and LendingClub both offer 4% annual percentage yields on their accounts, the highest in BTIG’s coverage. —

Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

Hail typically accounts for up to 80% of claims annually from severe storms, the group said. —

Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 The Modesto wine region accounts for roughly 40% of California’s wine output. —

Ryan Brennan april 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 This accounts for up to 12 percent of the ISS’s total power consumption. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026 Marco Polo’s Il milione gained widespread popularity among 13th- and 14th-century Europeans, and accounts from missionaries and explorers were published for audiences who often financed these voyages. —

Suzanne Dundas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 According to last year's Global Terrorism Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the region now accounts for 51% of deaths worldwide caused by violent extremism, up from 1% almost two decades ago. —

ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Neglect consistently accounts for the vast majority of those cases, with about one in five involving abuse in each of the last five years. —

Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026 Meade, federal officials allege, also established new business bank accounts with a different company name, Taxpayer Identification Numbers, Employer Identification Numbers and used nominees. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026 Streaming now accounts for 15% of the NBA’s local deliveries, up from a 5% contribution in 2023-24. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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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
The Southern Sinagua people, hardy folk who lived in the area from about 1150 to around 1400, drew them to mark major happenings in their world, keep chronologies of celestial events or map out favorite Verde River hotspots.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025