AMENABLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AMENABLE?

Need another word that means the same as “amenable”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “amenable” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Amenable” are: tractable, conformable, compliant, acquiescent, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, responsive, pliant, flexible, malleable, complaisant, accommodating, docile, submissive, obedient, tame, meek, susceptible, receptive, reactive, vulnerable

Amenable as an Adjective

Definitions of "Amenable" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “amenable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Disposed or willing to conform.
• Disposed or willing to comply.
• Readily reacting to suggestions and influences.
• Responsive to suggestions and influences.
• Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
• Open to being acted upon in a certain way.
• Liable to answer to a higher authority.
• Capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible.

Synonyms of "Amenable" as an adjective (24 Words)

accommodating	Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation. The warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in.
acquiescent	Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest. His acquiescent mood.
biddable	Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest. A biddable sweet natured child.
complaisant	Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. There are too many complaisant doctors signing sick notes.
compliant	Inclined to comply. Food that is compliant with safety regulations.
conformable	(of strata in contact) deposited in a continuous sequence, and having the same direction of stratification. I have been to you a true and humble wife at all times to your will conformable.
controllable	Capable of being safely regulated or limited. Discontent began to give way to barely controllable rage.
docile	Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. She s a black Labrador gentle and docile.
flexible	(of a person) ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances. Small businesses which are dependent on flexible working hours.
governable	Capable of being controlled.
malleable	Easily influenced; pliable. They are as malleable and easily led as sheep.
manageable	Able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty. Her long hair was black wavy and manageable.
meek	Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. Meek as a mouse.
obedient	Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority. A docile and obedient dog.
persuadable	Being susceptible to persuasion. They need to identify the most persuadable voters.
pliant	Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. Pliant molten glass.
reactive	Showing an immune response to a specific antigen. Nitrogen dioxide is a highly reactive gas.
receptive	Open to arguments, ideas, or change. The paper is ink receptive.
responsive	Containing or using responses; alternating. Children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience.
submissive	Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant S H Adams. Submissive servants.
susceptible	(of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive. Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection.
tame	(of a plant) produced by cultivation. Tame obedience.
tractable	Responsive to suggestions and influences. Tractable young minds.
vulnerable	(of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect. Vulnerable parts of the body.

Usage Examples of "Amenable" as an adjective

• The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment.
• Parents who have amenable children.
• An amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death.
• The president is amenable to the constitutional court.
• An amenable child.
• Someone amenable to the instruction of others.
• Cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment.

Associations of "Amenable" (30 Words)

acquiescent	Ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants. His acquiescent mood.
agreeable	Prepared to agree or consent. A cheerful and agreeable companion.
bowed	Of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow.
chasten	Censure severely. The director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops.
civilize	Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state. The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized.
compliant	Inclined to comply. Children compliant with the parental will.
conformable	Disposed or willing to comply. I have been to you a true and humble wife at all times to your will conformable.
controllable	Capable of being safely regulated or limited. The glider was fully controllable.
docile	Easily handled or managed. Docile pupils eager for instruction.
doctrinaire	A doctrinaire person. The administration s doctrinaire economic policy.
domestic	Converted or adapted to domestic use. Domestic water supplies.
domesticate	Cultivate (a plant) for food. You ve quite domesticated him.
domesticated	Converted or adapted to domestic use. Domesticated plants like maize.
dominated	Controlled or ruled by superior authority or power.
dutiful	Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect. A dutiful citizen.
follow	Come as a logical consequence follow logically. Supporters who have followed the club through thick and thin.
malleable	(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking. Malleable metals such as gold.
manageable	Able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty. Her long hair was black wavy and manageable.
meek	Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant. She looked meek but had the heart of a lion.
obedience	Observance of a monastic rule. Obedience to moral standards.
obedient	Complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another’s authority. The obedient colonies are heavily taxed the refractory remain unburdened.
subdued	Not brilliant or glaring. Subdued lights and soft music.
submissive	Abjectly submissive characteristic of a slave or servant S H Adams. Submissive servants.
subservience	Abject or cringing submissiveness. Blind subservience to authority.
subservient	Serving as a means to an end. Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones.
susceptible	(of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive. Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection.
tame	Make less strong or intense; soften. The battle to tame inflation.
tractability	The trait of being easily persuaded.
tractable	Responsive to suggestions and influences. The natives being of an intelligent tractable disposition.
willing	The act of making a choice. Willing helpers.