Answerable

//ˈæn.səɹ.ə.bl//

Synonyms for "answerable" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Adjective(1 words)

affirmative agreeable agreeing amenable at one coexistent coherent coincident

Strong matches (13)

coinciding commensurate compatible concordant congenial congruent congruous consistent consonant cooperative correspondent corresponding decipherable

Related words (22)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Antonyms

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unanswerable

derived

4 entries

answerability answerableness answerably nonanswerable

derived from

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answer

related to

12 entries

accordance account accountable answer commensurate comparable correspondent proportionate refuted responsible suitable to

similar

4 entries

responsible soluble

Translations

16 translations across 9 languages.

Bashkir

1 entries

яуаплы adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

Belarusian

1 entries

адка́зны adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

Finnish

2 entries

tilivelvollinen adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)
vastuullinen adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

German

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verantwortlich adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

Hungarian

3 entries

felelős adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)
megoldható adj (capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer)
megválaszolható adj (capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer)

Portuguese

2 entries

respondível adj (capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer)
responsável adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

Romanian

3 entries

corespunzător adj (correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable)
responsabil adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)
responsabil adj (capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer)

Spanish

2 entries

responsable adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)
responsable adj (capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer)

Ukrainian

1 entries

відповіда́льний adj (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am not answerable to you for anything.

Source: tatoeba (252679)

If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.

Source: tatoeba (8090883)

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, Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]

Source: wiktionary

Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story?

Source: wiktionary

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