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. Mitt Romney:

   I think it's very natural for people to look at circumstances and see them in the light that's most amenable to maintaining their power and doing things to preserve their power.

2. 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.

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. Neal Katyal:

   President Trump can try to argue that presidents are not amenable to subpoena under our Constitution, and that even if they are, the subpoena must be very narrow in scope, those are difficult arguments to make, but not impossible ones.

5. Alan Gow:

   The reason I focus on factors like these is that many, though not all, of course, are amenable to change. If we can identify the things that protect or harm our cognitive abilities, we will be able to provide clear information or design better interventions, i think the opportunity to use our thinking and reasoning skills and continually use them throughout our lives likely contributes to our ability to stay sharp.