answerable

== English == === Alternative forms === aunswerable (obsolete) === Etymology === From answer +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/, /ˈɑːnsɹəb(ə)l/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæn.səɹ.ə.bl/ Hyphenation: an‧swer‧a‧ble === Adjective === answerable (comparative more answerable, superlative most answerable) Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible. 1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91,[1] Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […] (of a question) Able to be answered. (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to). (archaic) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable. (rare) Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. ==== Antonyms ==== unanswerable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====