answerable

answerable has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• 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.
• a.. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
• a.. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
• a.. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
• a.. Equal; equivalent; adequate.
• a.. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts"
• a.. capable of being answered