answerable.

1. Able to be answered by available knowledge, reasoning, or evidence.

2. Required to explain one's actions or accept responsibility before someone.

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Words that belong together

• answerable question
• empirically answerable

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The revised question was answerable with the available data.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Comparative more answerable; superlative most answerable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.