Found 2 items, similar to Answerable.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: answerable answerable adj 1: possible to answer 2: morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; “parents are answerable for their child's acts”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Answerable Answerable \An"swer*a*ble\, a. 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. [1913 Webster] Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. [1913 Webster] The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. [1913 Webster] What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland. [1913 Webster] This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. [1913 Webster] 5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]