open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc accountable for behaviour to some authority; answerable capable of being or liable to be tested, judged, etc
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a•me•na•ble /əˈminəbəl, əˈmɛnə-/USA pronunciation
adj. [usually: be + ~ + to]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield:The author was amenable to making a few changes.
- liable to be called to account;
answerable;
responsible: All citizens are amenable to the law.
a•me•na•ble
(ə mē′nə bəl, ə men′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.
a•me′na•bil′i•ty, a•me′na•ble•ness, n.
a•me′na•bly, adv.
- ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield;
open to influence, persuasion, or advice;
agreeable;
submissive;
tractable:an amenable servant. - liable to be called to account;
answerable;
legally responsible:You are amenable for this debt. - capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
- Late Latin mināre for Latin minārī to drive) + -able -able
- Anglo-French, equivalent. to Middle French amen(er) to lead to (a- a-5 + mener
- 1590–1600
a•me′na•bly, adv.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged manageable, docile, easy.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged open, subject.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stubborn, recalcitrant.
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'amenable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accepting
- inflexible
- inoperable
- intractable
- meek
- plastic
- receptive
- relent
- submissive