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- DictionaryA·me·na·ble/əˈmēnəb(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: "parents who have had easy babies and amenable children"
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.
Synonyms for AMENABLE: willing, ready, inclined, glad, minded, prepared, obliging, disposed; Antonyms of AMENABLE: unwilling, reluctant, averse, unamenable, loath, disinclined, reticent, loth.
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.
amenable. /əˈminəbəl/ /əˈmɛnəbəl/ IPA guide. If your friends want to try sky diving and you're amenable to the idea, sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive.
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)
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable. an amenable servant. 2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible. You are amenable for this debt. 3. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
adjective. /əˈmiːnəbl/. /əˈmiːnəbl/, /əˈmenəbl/. (of people) easy to control; willing to be influenced by somebody/something. 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.
He was amenable to change. The employees were not amenable to the control measures which were suggested. Women are more amenable to compromise than men. The doctors were to teach the faithful in sound learning, to guard purity of doctrine, and to be amenable to discipline.
adj. 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.
In terms of things, amenable can describe a situation or a thing that is easy to adjust or change, that can be managed or controlled without too much difficulty. It also can be used to describe a system or a process that is easy to understand and follow, and can be modified if needed.
