answerable as an adjective: - 1
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answerable
adjective
1 answerable
Capable of being answered.
Roget 932:
disapproving
etc.
v.;
scandalized.
disparaging,
condemnatory,
damnatory†,
denunciatory,
reproachful,
abusive,
objurgatory†,
clamorous,
vituperative;
defamatory
etc.
934.
satirical,
sarcastic,
sardonic,
cynical,
dry,
sharp,
cutting,
biting,
severe,
withering,
trenchant,
hard upon;
censorious,
critical,
captious,
carping,
hypercritical;
fastidious
etc.
868;
sparing of praise,
grudging praise.
disapproved,
chid
etc.
v.;
in bad odor,
blown upon,
unapproved;
unblest†;
at a discount,
exploded;
weighed in the balance and found wanting.
blameworthy,
reprehensible
etc.
(guilt)
947;
to blame,
worthy of blame;
answerable,
uncommendable,
exceptionable,
not to be thought of;
bad
etc.
649;
vicious
etc.
945.
unlamented,
unbewailed†,
unpitied†.
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Roget 926:
obligatory,
binding;
imperative,
peremptory;
stringent
etc.
(severe)
739;
behooving
etc.
v.;
incumbent on,
chargeable on;
under obligation;
obliged by,
bound by,
tied by;
saddled with.
due to,
beholden to,
bound to,
indebted to;
tied down;
compromised
etc.
(promised)
768;
in duty bound.
amenable,
liable,
accountable,
responsible,
answerable.
right,
meet
etc.
(due)
924;
moral,
ethical,
casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological.
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Roget 177:
liable,
subject;
in danger
etc.
665;
open to,
exposed to,
obnoxious to;
answerable;
unexempt from†;
apt to;
dependent on;
incident to.
contingent,
incidental,
possible,
on the cards,
within range of,
at the mercy of.
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2 answerable
Morally or legally responsible to a higher authority.
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