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amenable

/@/'m/i/n/@/b/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. disposed or willing to comply

    adj.all

    Examples
    Someone amenable to persuasion.
    Synonyms compliant conformable

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. readily reacting to suggestions and influences

    adj.all

    Synonyms tractable

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. open to being acted upon in a certain way

    adj.all

    Examples
    An amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death.
    The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. liable to answer to a higher authority

    adj.all

    Examples
    The president is amenable to the constitutional court.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

amelogenesisamenamen cadenceamen corneramen-raamenabilityamenablenessamenablyamenageamenanceamendamendable

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