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[ an-ser-uh-buhl, ahn- ] / ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR answerable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveliable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions. capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail. proportionate; correlative (usually followed by to). corresponding; suitable (usually followed by to): The amount is not answerable to my needs. Origin of answerableFirst recorded in 1540–50; answer + -able OTHER WORDS FROM answerablean·swer·a·bil·i·ty, an·swer·a·ble·ness, nounan·swer·a·bly, adverbWords nearby answerableansiform, Anson, Ansonia, anstoss, answer, answerable, answerback, answer for, answering machine, answering pennant, answering service Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for answerableThe nature of the autocracy—that it was only answerable to itself—meant it could not draw its power from the people. Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism|William O’Connor|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The unit was, according to Hughes, answerable to Adams, the Belfast commander. Sinn Fein Boss Gerry Adams Wanted This Murder Bust|Ed Moloney|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yet for an agency that supposedly is answerable to no one, its people sure do testify a lot before Congress. ‘Unaccountable’ CFPB Makes 14 Appearances Before Congress in a Year|Gary Rivlin|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Choice B: New bankers appointed by and answerable to the president. Nationalization Now|Dylan Ratigan|February 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
For those other imaginary abettors would themselves have been answerable, if they had given their advice or aid. The Rights of War and Peace|Hugo Grotius Jonathan Swift is generally regarded as a free liver, though probably the company he kept is often answerable for the imputation. Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French They have either made Him answerable for it, or they have said that there is some creator besides Him. The Gospel of St. John|Frederick Denison Maurice It may be said that the Company are not answerable for crimes committed by their servants without their knowledge. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory|John M'lean I was answerable to Government alone, and, within its limits, my powers were absolute. The Air Pirate|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
British Dictionary definitions for answerable
adjective(postpositive; foll by for or to) responsible or accountableanswerable for someone's safety; answerable to one's boss able to be answered Derived forms of answerableanswerability or answerableness, nounanswerably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to answerableobliged, accountable, amenable, obligated, liable, bound, chargeable, subject, constrained, compelled, to blame |