Synonyms for amenable
əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə-amenable

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1. amenableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unamenable

2. amenableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unamenable

3. amenableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unamenable

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1. amenable

   One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

   Synonyms:
   compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

   Antonyms:
   determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

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1. amenable

   Synonyms:
   liable, dependent, responsible, answerable, accountable, subject, pliant, impressible, ductile, docile

   Antonyms:
   independent, autocratic, unamenable, irresponsible, refractory, obstinate

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1. amenable, conformableadjective

   disposed or willing to comply

   "someone amenable to persuasion"

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, conformable, tractable, consonant, concordant, accordant

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible, defiant, insusceptible, noncompliant, unsusceptible

2. amenable, tractableadjective

   readily reacting to suggestions and influences

   "a responsive student"

   Synonyms:
   conformable, tractable, manipulable

   Antonyms:
   defiant, noncompliant, unsusceptible, insusceptible, irresponsible

3. amenableadjective

   open to being acted upon in a certain way

   "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"

   Synonyms:
   conformable, tractable

   Antonyms:
   defiant, unsusceptible, irresponsible, noncompliant, insusceptible

4. amenableadjective

   liable to answer to a higher authority

   "the president is amenable to the constitutional court"

   Synonyms:
   conformable, tractable

   Antonyms:
   irresponsible, defiant, unsusceptible, insusceptible, noncompliant

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1. amenableadjective

   Synonyms:
   accountable, liable, responsible, answerable

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1. amenableadjective

   Synonyms:
   answerable, accountable, responsible, submissive, tractable, responsive

   Antonyms:
   unamenable, unaccountable, disobedient, insubmissive

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1. List of paraphrases for "amenable":

   docile

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1. Jonathan Green:

   We would never want to say that early intervention is the only thing that's needed in autism, but there's something about early development that might be amenable to intervention.

2. Marc Baum:

   You’re very limited with the range of drugs that are amenable to this technology, they have to be potent, have a long half-life in the body and be very soluble.

3. Adam Schiff:

   The consensus of Syria experts is that the civil war cannot end so long as Bashar al-Assad remains in power, now, with his protector leaving, Assad may have to be more amenable to a phasing out of his rule.

4. Tim Scott:

   I don't think so, i think that there are a number of Democrats that have proposals that actually put the burden on the employer, not the employee or the department. I've spoken to many senators on the left who are very amenable and open to that. I think we will bridge that gap.

5. Martin King:

   The yen has continued to slide against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the month and stateside the market has come to view the Fed is amenable to low-rate support, the yen's recent, temporary strength has not yet been forgotten though, and many will be keeping an eye trained on exporters in the run-up to the Bank of Japan's address on the 23rd.