Thesaurus: answerable

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1. a. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
2. a. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
3. a. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
4. a. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5. a. Equal; equivalent; adequate.
6. adj. capable of being answered
7. adj. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
8. adj. liable to account for one's actions
9. j:100 s. capable of being answered s. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority