answerable

(adjective)

adjective

1. capable of being answered

Similar word(s): soluble

2. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority

- parents are answerable for their child's acts

Similar word(s): responsible

Sentences with answerable as an adjective:

- Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.

- What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.

- The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.