ˈ ̷ ̷s(ə)rəbəl adjective
1. : liable to be called to account : accountable , responsible
was no one answerable for the grim despair of that half-starved wretch — Anthony Trollope
a legislative body politically answerable to the people
2. archaic : able to serve a purpose or fill a need:
a. : suitable , fitting
attended with an answerable train, in rich liveries — Anthony Wood
b. : equal , equivalent , adequate
had the valor of his soldiers been answerable , he had reached that year … the utmost bounds of Britain — John Milton
3. archaic : in conformity : accordant , corresponding
this revelation … was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians — John Milton
especially : corresponding in quantity or degree
render your future progress answerable to your past improvement — Joshua Reynolds
4. : capable of being answered or refuted : admitting a satisfactory answer
an answerable argument
an interrogation confined to questions supposedly answerable in one word
Synonyms: see responsible