Synonyms for answerable
ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn-an·swer·able

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1. answerableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable

2. answerableadjective

   Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable

3. answerableadjective

   What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable

4. answerableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable

5. answerableadjective

   The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable

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1. answerable

   Synonyms:
   liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, correspondent, agreeing

   Antonyms:
   independent, unanswerable, irresponsible, different, unsuitable, disagreeing, dissimilar

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1. answerableadjective

   capable of being answered

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible, insoluble

2. answerableadjective

   morally or legally responsible to a higher authority

   "parents are answerable for their child's acts"

   Antonyms:
   insoluble, irresponsible

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1. answerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   refutable, that may be answered

2. answerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   accountable, responsible, amenable, liable

3. answerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   corresponding, correspondent, correlative, proportionate, suitable, suited, fit

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1. answerableadjective

   Synonyms:
   liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, refutable

   Antonyms:
   unanswerable, unaccountable, irrefutable

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1. List of paraphrases for "answerable":

   accountable, responsible

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How to use answerable in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.

2. President Barack Obama:

   This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America, we collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.

3. Plutarch:

   No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

4. David Petraeus:

   They have, to a degree, been both part of Iraq's salvation but also the most serious threat to the all-important effort of once again getting the Sunni Arab population in Iraq to feel that it has a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure, longer term, Iranian-backed Shia militia could emerge as the preeminent power in the country, one that is outside the control of the government and instead answerable to Tehran.