adjective
- liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail.
- proportionate; correlative (usually followed by to).
- corresponding; suitable (usually followed by to): The amount is not answerable to my needs.
adjective
- (postpositive; foll by for or to) responsible or accountableanswerable for someone’s safety; answerable to one’s boss
- able to be answered
“liable to be held responsible,” 1540s, from answer (v.) + -able. Less-common meaning “able to be answered” is from 1690s.