answerable
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.