| Answerable 1. (a.) 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. 2. (a.) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. 3. (a.) Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. 4. (a.) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. 5. (a.) Equal; equivalent; adequate. Thesaurus Entries Englishable, alleged, amenable, answerable, ascribable, assignable, attributable, attributed, chargeable, charged, construable, credited, definable, derivable from, derivational, derivative, describable, due, explainable, explicable, imputable, imputed, interpretable, liable, obligated, obliged, owing, putative, referable, referred to, renderable, responsible, responsible for, to blame, traceable, translatable |