EGAVE

answerable

About 0.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
  2. adjective Able to be answered.
  3. adjective Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
  4. adjective Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
  5. adjective Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

Similar words

accountable responsible amenable soluble liable respond attributable reply justify beholden

Often followed by

to for only in by and questions as with

Word family

answerabilities answerability

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