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agreeable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɡɹiːəbəl/ (UK)
  • /əˈɡɹiəbəl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈɡɹɪbəl/ (UK, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to agree; possible to be agreed.
    • an agreeable contract
  2. Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
    • a man with agreeable manners
    • the train of agreeable reveries. 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:
    • not completely agreeable remarks
    • She’s quite an agreeable person.
    • This fruit has an agreeable taste.
  3. (dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
    • If the committee is agreeable, we'll make an arrangement agreeable to both sides.
    • These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. 1529, Hugh Latimer, sermon in Cambridge:
  4. Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
    • That which is Agreeable to the Nature of one thing, is many times Contrary to the Nature of another. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
  5. (adverbial) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.
    • Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
    • And I do not know of any Indian or Indians that have taken upon them to give up any lands to the White people other than agreeable to the treaty , nor would I accept of any but from the nation 1883, Charles Colcock Jones, The History of Georgia: Revolutionary epoch:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more agreeable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
agreable alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most agreeable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

disagreeable · incongruous · strange · unharmonious

Deriveds

nonagreeable · unagreeable · agreeableness · agreeably

Relateds

great minds think alike · agreement · friendly · normal · agree · correspondent

Synonyms

conformable · agreeable · pleasant (pleasing, pleasant) · congruous · accordant · acquiescent (willing) · like-minded · corresponding · of like mind · congruent · sympathetic · consonant · conformable · concordant · harmonious · agreeing · correspondent · concordant

Translations (68)

ru согла́сный (willing; ready to agree or consent) · es conforme (agreeing or suitable) · pt agradável (pleasant to the senses or mind) · eo simpatia (pleasant to the senses or mind) · hi रजामंद (willing; ready to agree or consent) · uk згі́дний (willing; ready to agree or consent) · bg съгла́сен (willing; ready to agree or consent) · ro agreabil (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fi myöntyväinen (willing; ready to agree or consent) · pl miły (pleasant to the senses or mind) · pl zgodny (willing; ready to agree or consent) · cs příjemný (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ru прие́млемый (agreeing or suitable) · uk зго́дний (willing; ready to agree or consent) · uk приє́мний (pleasant to the senses or mind) · be зго́дны (willing; ready to agree or consent) · de angenehm (pleasant to the senses or mind) · hi रज़ामंद (willing; ready to agree or consent) · hi रजामंद (pleasant to the senses or mind) · bg мил (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fi jonkin mukaisesti (in pursuance, conformity, or accordance) · it gradevole (pleasant to the senses or mind) · izh mukaisa (pleasant to the senses or mind) · es lisonjero (pleasant to the senses or mind) · de verträglich (willing; ready to agree or consent) · hi इच्छुक (pleasant to the senses or mind) · pl przyjemny (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fi sopiva (agreeing or suitable) · fur gustôs (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ca tractable (willing; ready to agree or consent) · sv angenäm (pleasant to the senses or mind) · uk ми́лий (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ru прия́тный (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fi jonkin mukainen (in pursuance, conformity, or accordance) · no behagelig (pleasant to the senses or mind) · la iūcundus (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fi sovittavissa (able to agree; possible to be agreed) · ro conform (agreeing or suitable) · ga pléisiúrtha (pleasant to the senses or mind) · de gefällig (willing; ready to agree or consent) · ca agradable (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ro potrivit (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ru ми́лый (pleasant to the senses or mind) · es grato (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ga sásta (willing; ready to agree or consent) · fi miellyttävä (pleasant to the senses or mind) · sco couthie (pleasant to the senses or mind) · sa गूर्त (pleasant to the senses or mind) · be прые́мны (pleasant to the senses or mind) · es agradable (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fr complaisant (agreeing or suitable) · be мі́лы (pleasant to the senses or mind) · sv trevlig (pleasant to the senses or mind) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (willing; ready to agree or consent) · fi myötämielinen (willing; ready to agree or consent) · de umgänglich (pleasant to the senses or mind) · hi इच्छुक (willing; ready to agree or consent) · sv agreabel (pleasant to the senses or mind) · fr agréable (pleasant to the senses or mind) · la acceptus (pleasant to the senses or mind) · bg приятен (pleasant to the senses or mind) · mi āhuareka (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ro plăcut (pleasant to the senses or mind) · de nett (pleasant to the senses or mind) · sk príjemný (pleasant to the senses or mind) · ru подходя́щий (agreeing or suitable) · de liebenswürdig (willing; ready to agree or consent) · es dispuesto (willing; ready to agree or consent)

agreeable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɡɹiːəbəl/ (UK)
  • /əˈɡɹiəbəl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /əˈɡɹɪbəl/ (UK, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.

Meanings

  1. Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
    • The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you. 1855, Blackwood's magazine, volume 77, page 331:

Forms

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agreable alternative, obsolete lexicographic
agreeables Number=Plur lexicographic