ACCOUNTS Synonyms: 260 Similar and Opposite Words

accounts 1 of 2

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

Kavanagh also alleges that Sky imposed changes on Love’s annual accounts to create a flattering financial picture by booking margin on incomplete projects early. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026 Rashidian also described accounts of arrests, executions and broader security crackdowns – claims CNN cannot independently verify. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 The trio is accused of opening bank accounts to receive the money. — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Investigators allege Awais and his accomplices used their control of the associations to siphon money from accounts. — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of more than $50 million in cash seized from various accounts related to Ahmed, as well as two Rolls-Royces, a Lamborghini, a Mercedes and three luxury properties in Houston. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The reclassification was almost halted by Nigeria's new T+1 settlement cycle, but the SEC clarified foreign investors are not required to pre-fund accounts. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Free accounts can't access any of Google's connected plugins, which require a Plus-tier subscription or higher. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 Your bathroom habits carry more intel than most wellness accounts admit, and gastroenterologists increasingly treat what lands in the toilet as a daily readout of digestion, diet and disease risk. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

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Same-store sales are up more than 10%, while catering accounts for roughly 10% of total sales. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Drawing on data from more than 500,000 assessments, EI expert Travis Bradberry found that emotional intelligence accounts for 58% of performance across all job types, and that 90% of top performers score high in it. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The trial will focus on the Shanwick airspace in the eastern half of the North Atlantic corridor, which accounts for around 5% of global contrail warming. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026 In addition to what content users see within their feeds, recommendation algorithms affect which other accounts teen-agers connect with. — Nathaniel Lubin, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026 That leftover money can be used to pay down debt, though the figure already accounts for interest expenses. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The search is tougher for candidates like Hendricks, who is looking for a job in technology – an industry that accounts for 31% of all job cuts announced this year, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 According to the report, China accounts for roughly half of Russia’s crude oil exports, while Russian crude represents only about one-fifth of China’s oil imports. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Melanoma accounts for just 1% of skin cancer cases but causes the majority of skin cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accounts

Noun

And so those chronologies are really important for me in each one of these investigations.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of chronologies

Noun

The system saves checkpoints during training so developers can compare different versions instead of automatically selecting the final model.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
The bill has cleared both the House and Senate, but differences between the two versions would need to be resolved before final passage.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of versions

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Davis’ defense attorney, Michael Sanft, challenged jurors to identify evidence outside Davis’ own statements that placed him in Las Vegas or inside the Cadillac on the night Shakur was shot.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
The letter from Blumenthal and an accompanying summary of the whistleblower’s statements says the Postal Service began work on the portal on June 15 and stopped on June 25 after Talwani’s initial order.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of statements

Noun

Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
About half of the capital funds will go toward replacing two fire engines and adding a new one, while the rest will be used to purchase new equipment for the department.

— Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026

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Defense attorneys in both cases argued that the defendants’ intent was in question, raising in argument the possibility that their clients were not trying to cause serious bodily injury or death.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Kaufman was a Jewish émigré from Buenos Aires who had clients in Manhattan and had been commissioned to build another house on the island for shoe designer Danny Berk.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

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Still other explanations presume that the gods’ artistic representations in ritual settings are the basis of the meaning of their multiform appearances.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
At times, his psychological explanations may seem almost too orderly for a woman who lived so exuberantly in disorder.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026