Associations to the word «Answerable»

Wiktionary

ANSWERABLE, adjective. Obliged to answer or be called to account (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
ANSWERABLE, adjective. (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
ANSWERABLE, adjective. (now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
ANSWERABLE, adjective. (rare) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

Dictionary definition

ANSWERABLE, adjective. Capable of being answered.
ANSWERABLE, adjective. Morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts".

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus