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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable.
I'm amenable to your suggestion.- synonyms:
- adaptable, agreeable, receptive, responsive
- antonyms:
- contrary, ill-disposed, recalcitrant, uncooperative, willful
- similar words:
- accommodating, complaisant, cooperative, docile, flexible, obliging, pliable, pliant, submissive, tractable, willing, yielding
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definition 2: |
accountable to authority.
Citizens must be amenable to the laws of their country.- synonyms:
- accountable, answerable, bound, liable, responsible, subject
- similar words:
- receptive
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definition 3: |
capable of or open to a test or judgment.
Is the hypothesis amenable to an experiment?- synonyms:
- appropriate, suitable
- similar words:
- accountable
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related words: |
answerable, easy, malleable, obedient, open, responsible, supple |
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derivations: |
amenably (adv.), amenability (n.), amenableness (n.) |
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