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answerable for

ADJECTIVE
indebted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appreciative beholden duty-bound grateful obligated obliged thankful
WEAK
accountable bound bounden chargeable honor-bound hooked in debt in hock liable owed owing responsible
Antonyms
STRONGEST
thankless unappreciative ungrateful
WEAK
paid settled

Example Sentences

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It also meant that Buckingham Palace stopped being answerable for his behaviour.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

But it would make one person — the governor — answerable for outcomes, something that has been sorely lacking.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

The best way to handle this trade-off is to put bureaucrats and business executives on notice that they may be answerable for their conduct at some later date.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020

“A candidate has absolutely no control over it, but is answerable for it,” Levine said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2019

“Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. Criticise me: does my forehead not please you?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë