Definition of Answerable

1. Adjective. Capable of being answered.

Similar to: Soluble
Derivative terms: Answer

2. Adjective. Morally or legally responsible to a higher authority. "Parents are answerable for their child's acts"
Similar to: Responsible
Derivative terms: Answerability, Answerableness

Definition of Answerable

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.

Definition of Answerable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Answerable

1. 1. 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. "Will any man argue that . . . He can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God?" (Swift) 2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. "The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable." (Johnson) 3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. "What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?" (Holland) "This revelation . . . Was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians." (Milton) 4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. 5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. "Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Answerable

anserine
anserines
anserine bursa
anserine bursitis
anserous
Anser anser
Anser cygnoides
Anshar
ansiform
ansiform lobule
ansotomy
answer
answer
answerability
answerable (current term)
answerable (current term)
answerableness
answered
answerer
answerers
answering
answering machine
answerless
answers
answer for
ant
ant
ant-bear
ant-cattle
ant-eater

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