Dictionary Entry
answerable
answerable is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
- 3adjective
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
- 4adjective
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
- 5adjective
Equal; equivalent; adequate.
- 6adjective
morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
"parents are answerable for their child's acts"
- 7adjective
capable of being answered
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