Answerable
Answerable adjective - Capable of having the reason for or cause of determined.
Usage example: they say this equation is not answerable
Explicable and answerable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explicable" instead an adjective "Answerable".
Explicable
Explicable adjective - Capable of having the reason for or cause of determined.
Usage example: the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence
Answerable and explicable are semantically related. You can use "Answerable" instead an adjective "Explicable".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reasonable and answerable
- reasonable and explicable
- open and answerable
- open and explicable
- responsible and answerable
- responsible and explicable
- accountable and answerable
- accountable and explicable
- workable and answerable
- workable and explicable
- imputable and answerable
- imputable and explicable
- decipherable and answerable
- decipherable and explicable
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