HyperDic: amenable

English > 4 senses of the word *amenable*:
ADJECTIVE	all	amenable, conformable	disposed or willing to comply
	all	amenable, tractable	readily reacting to suggestions and influences
	all	amenable	open to being acted upon in a certain way
	all	amenable	liable to answer to a higher authority

amenable > pronunciation
Sounds	ahmeh'nahbahl; ahmiy'nahbahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *amenable*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	disposed or willing to comply.
Example	"someone amenable to persuasion"
Synonym	conformable
Broader	compliant	disposed or willing to comply
Spanish	accesible, agradable, complaciente, tratable
Catalan	accessible, agradable, complaent
Nouns	amenability, amenableness	the trait of being cooperative

English > *amenable*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	readily reacting to suggestions and influences.
Synonym	tractable
Broader	susceptible	(often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of
Nouns	amenability, amenableness	the trait of being cooperative

English > *amenable*: 4 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	Open to being acted upon in a certain way.
Examples	"an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death" "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"
Broader	susceptible	(often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of

English > *amenable*: 4 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	liable to answer to a higher authority.
Example	"the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
Broader	responsible	worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust
Spanish	tratable
Nouns	amenableness	the trait of being cooperative

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