indictable

1. 1.

   liable to be accused, or cause for such liability

   “the suspect was chargeable”

   “an indictable offense”

   Synonymschargeable

   Similarguilty

Questions about indictable

What does indictable mean?

indictable means "liable to be accused, or cause for such liability".

How many syllables are in indictable?

indictable has 4 syllables: in-dic-ta-ble. The stress falls on "dic".

What is another word for indictable?

Close synonyms include chargeable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indictable a common word?

indictable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.