Antonyms for answerable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : an-ser-uh-buh l, ahn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn- |
Definition of answerable
Origin :- "liable to be held responsible," 1540s, from answer (v.) + -able. Less-common meaning "able to be answered" is from 1690s.
- adj responsible
- I am not answerable for offences which have their origin in the eyes of the multitude.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Your father takes it upon himself to be answerable for all consequences.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- "If my father has been guilty, that man is answerable for his guilt," she thought perpetually.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- For almost all faults of this kind the public are answerable, not the painter.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- My inferences are my own, but I shall be answerable for the facts.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She wondered if James knew for how much his eyeglass was answerable.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- It was difficult to live alone, though he was not answerable.
- Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
- You are only answerable to yourself, but I have to answer to my superiors.
- Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- On the other hand, the wind and seas were answerable for the progress we had made to the north.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- The theory that profit is the wages of risk is answerable in substantially the same way.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
Synonyms for answerable
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