Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb answer_for

1 sense of answer for

Sense 1
account, answer for -- (furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; "I can't account for the missing money")
       => declare -- (state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with")

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