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. [Archaic]

Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain.
Milton.

• 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.
  
• Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
        The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.
  
• 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.
  
• Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.