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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats