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- Dictionaryamenable/əˈmiːnəbl/
adjective
- 1. open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: "parents who have amenable children" Similar Opposite
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willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save. Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. complaisant formal. compliant formal. docile. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON)
The meaning of AMENABLE is having or showing willingness to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for —usually used with to. How to use amenable in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Amenable.
adjective. /əˈmiːnəbl/, /əˈmenəbl/ (of people) easy to persuade; willing to accept a suggestion. They had three very amenable children. The manager was very amenable: nothing was too much trouble. amenable to something He seemed most amenable to my idea. You should find him amenable to reasonable arguments. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Definitions of amenable. adjective. disposed or willing to comply. “someone amenable to persuasion” synonyms: conformable. compliant. disposed or willing to comply. adjective. liable to answer to a higher authority. “the president is amenable to the constitutional court” synonyms: responsible.
willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save. Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. complaisant formal. compliant formal. docile. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON)
1. responsible or answerable. 2. able to be controlled or influenced; responsive; submissive. a person amenable to suggestion; an illness amenable to treatment. 3. that can be tested by (with to)
1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; agreeable; tractable: amenable to criticism. 2. liable to be called to account; answerable; responsible: amenable to the law. 3. capable of being tested, tried, etc.: a theory amenable to experimentation.
Amenable definition: ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable. See examples of AMENABLE used in a sentence.
A complete guide to the word "AMENABLE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Amenable Definition. ə-mēnə-bəl, ə-mĕnə- Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. adjective. Willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority. American Heritage. Responsible or answerable. Webster's New World. Ready to consent; agreeable. Are you amenable to a change in schedule? American Heritage.
