| English adjective: amenable | |||
| 1. | amenable disposed or willing to comply | ||
| Samples | Someone amenable to persuasion. | ||
| Synonyms | conformable | ||
| Similar | compliant | ||
| Antonyms | defiant, noncompliant | ||
| 2. | amenable readily reacting to suggestions and influences | ||
| Samples | A responsive student. | ||
| Synonyms | tractable | ||
| Similar | susceptible | ||
| Antonyms | insusceptible, unsusceptible | ||
| 3. | amenable open to being acted upon in a certain way | ||
| Samples | An amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death. The tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment. | ||
| Similar | susceptible | ||
| Antonyms | insusceptible, unsusceptible | ||
| 4. | amenable liable to answer to a higher authority | ||
| Samples | The president is amenable to the constitutional court. | ||
| Similar | responsible | ||
| Antonyms | irresponsible | ||