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answerable definition
answerable |
Grep of noun answerable answerableness Overview of adj answerable The adj answerable has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. answerable, accountable -- (liable to be called to account; "you are answerable for this debt") 2. answerable -- (possible to answer) 3. accountable, answerable -- (being obliged to answer to an authority for your actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one") Antonyms of adj answerable 3 senses of answerable Sense 1 answerable, accountable INDIRECT (VIA amenable) -> unamenable Sense 2 answerable INDIRECT (VIA soluble) -> insoluble Sense 3 accountable(prenominal), answerable(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA responsible) -> irresponsible Similarity of adj answerable 3 senses of answerable Sense 1 answerable, accountable => amenable (vs. unamenable) Sense 2 answerable => soluble (vs. insoluble) Sense 3 accountable(prenominal), answerable(prenominal) => responsible (vs. irresponsible) Attributes of adj answerable Familiarity of adj answerable answerable used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj answerable answerable unanswerable Overview of adj answerable The adj answerable has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. answerable, accountable -- (liable to be called to account; "you are answerable for this debt") 2. answerable -- (possible to answer) 3. accountable, answerable -- (being obliged to answer to an authority for your actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one")
answerable definition
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