amenable
/əˈmiːnəbəl/US/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/
amenable adjective: willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Adjective
amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- Synonyms:
- persuadable, agreeable
- Willing to comply; easily led.
- The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity.2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine
- Synonyms:
- compliant, complaisant, biddable, controllable, docile, governable, indulgent, manageable, maniable, meek
- Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
- Liable to the legal authority of (something).
- Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
- Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
amenable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
amenable in Tamil
- இணங்கத்தக்க, கட்டுப் படக்கூடிய, உட்பட்ட, பொறுப்பாளராயுள்ள, வழிக்குக் கொண்டுவரக்கூடிய, எளிதில் ஆளாக்கத்தக்க
amenable in Urdu
- اطاعت پذیر, پیروی پذیر, ماننے والا, ذِمَّہ دار, سَرِ خَم کَرنے والا
amenable in Bengali
- নমনীয়, বাধ্য
amenable in Malayalam
- കൈകാര്യം ചെയ്യാൻ എളുപ്പമുള്ള, നിയന്ത്രിക്കാവുന്ന, വഴങ്ങുന്ന, ഉത്തരവാദിത്വമുളള
More languagesFewer languages
- amenable in Kannada
- ಒಗ್ಗುವ, ಒಳಗಾಗುವ, ಅನುಕೂಲಕರವಾದ, ಸಹಾಯಕಾರಿ
Examples of amenable in a sentence
- It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.
- The state was expounded to be “amenable to a curative therapeutic strategy” and “amenable to localized therapy”.
- Brute fact is amenable to ideas only through an order that is projected onto it.
Synonyms of amenable
- persuadable
- agreeable
- compliant
- complaisant
- biddable
- controllable
- docile
- governable
- indulgent
- manageable
Antonyms
Forms of amenable
| comparative | more amenable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most amenable |
| alternative form (obsolete) | amesnable |
Origin of amenable
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Words formed from amenable
Words that rhyme with amenable
Questions about amenable
- What does amenable mean?
- Amenable means willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- What is amenable in Tamil?
- Amenable in Tamil is இணங்கத்தக்க, கட்டுப் படக்கூடிய, உட்பட்ட. See Amenable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is amenable?
- Amenable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce amenable?
- Amenable is pronounced /əˈmiːnəbəl/ (UK).
Words near amenable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amenable (page history and authors); amenable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amenable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amenable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amenable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amenable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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