Associations to the word «Answerable»
Noun
- Rajah
- Accountability
- Mischief
- Calamity
- Conduct
- Greatness
- Vassal
- Consequence
- Monarch
- Conscience
- Neglect
- Donovan
- Prefect
- Hitler
- Indignation
- Cabinet
- Fidelity
- Parliament
- Restraint
- Hastings
- Pledge
- Freeman
- Custody
- Authority
- Responsibility
- Safety
- Constitution
- Pope
- Majesty
- Deed
- Abbot
- Expectation
- Debt
- Plea
- Chancellor
- Executive
- Running
- Endeavour
- Undertaking
- Question
- Legislature
- Sin
- Minister
- Monsieur
- Governor
- Behaviour
- Hierarchy
- Disposition
- Decree
- Servant
- Chief
- Government
- Ministry
- Autonomy
- Discharge
- Goodness
- Provisional
- Sheriff
- Bound
- Common
- Person
- Emperor
- Necessity
- God
- Consent
Adjective
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.