An″swer‐a‐ble (�), a. 1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
Will any man argue that... he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God?
Swift.
2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable.
Johnson.
3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?
Holland.
This revelation... was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians.
Milton.
4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5. Equal; equivalent; adequate.
Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain.
Milton.