Amenable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈmiːnəbəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Amenable is an adjective meaning Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Meaning
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
More Meanings
- Willing to comply; easily led.
- Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
- (law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
- (mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Example Sentences
The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity.
Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
Word Forms
- amesnable
Synonyms for amenable
Depending on context, synonyms include persuadable, agreeable, compliant, biddable, controllable, docile.
Antonyms for amenable
Common opposites include unamenable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include compliant, tractable, willing, answerable, accountable, testable.
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