Dictionary Definition

answerable adj

1 possible to answer

2 morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts"

User Contributed Dictionary

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.

Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.
Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.

What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.
This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton.
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good

capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer

correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable

proportionate; commensurate; suitable