amenable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈmiːnəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈmin.ə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American)
- /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
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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:
- Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
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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.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amesnable | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most amenable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more amenable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
nonamenable · amenably · supramenable · amenableness · unamenable
Synonyms
controllable · agreeable · governable · rulable · amenable · tractable · docile · meek · complaisant · pliant · indulgent · maniable · yielding · compliant · persuadable · compliant · passive · biddable · manageable · complaisant
Translations (63)
cs svolný (willing to comply with; agreeable) · hu kezelhető (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu fogékony (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · yue 順從嘅 /顺从嘅 (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu irányítható (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs povolný (willing to comply with; agreeable) · de gefügig (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · ru покладистый (willing to comply with; agreeable) · cs poddajný (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu szófogadó (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · el σύμφωνος (willing to comply with; agreeable) · mk неотпорен (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · nl aanspreekbaar (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · mk умен (willing to comply with; agreeable) · hu hatálya/illetékessége alá tartozik (liable to the legal authority of (something)) · pt receptivo (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu fegyelmezhető (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · de fügsam (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs přístupný (willing to comply with; agreeable) · tr cevap verebilir (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · bg податлив (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · nl gevoelig (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu meggyőzhető (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · pl uległy (willing to comply with; agreeable) · tr yumuşak başlı (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu hatálya/illetékessége kiterjed rá (liable to the legal authority of (something)) · hu hajlamos (willing to comply with; agreeable) · nl toegankelijk (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · mi ngawhere (willing to comply with; agreeable) · hu nyitott (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs svolný (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · mk податлив (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · mk поводлив (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs povolný (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu hajlik (willing to comply with; agreeable) · hu kezes (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · mk послушен (willing to comply with; agreeable) · ru послу́шный (willing to comply with; agreeable) · bg поддаващ се (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · hu hajlandó (willing to comply with; agreeable) · it suscettibile (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs ochotný (willing to comply with; agreeable) · bg сговорчив (willing to comply with; agreeable) · cs poddajný (willing to comply with; agreeable) · de zugänglich (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs přístupný (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · cs podléhající (liable to the legal authority of (something)) · tr tabi olan (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · az üzüyola (willing to comply with; agreeable) · bg отзивчив (willing to comply with; agreeable) · pt aberto (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · fi vastaanottavainen (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · bg послушен (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · ru сгово́рчивый (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · ru податливый (willing to comply with; agreeable) · cs ochotný (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · de zugängig (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · fi myöntyväinen (willing to comply with; agreeable) · fr conciliant (willing to comply with; agreeable) · tr bağlı (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) · el πρόθυμος (willing to comply with; agreeable) · hu hajlik a szóra (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions)