What are some opposite words for amenable?
Antonyms for amenable
əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə-amenable
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Wiktionary
amenableadjective
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unamenableamenableadjective
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unamenableamenableadjective
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unamenable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilfulSynonyms:
compliant, docile, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
amenable
Antonyms:
independent, autocratic, unamenable, irresponsible, refractory, obstinateSynonyms:
liable, dependent, responsible, answerable, accountable, subject, pliant, impressible, ductile, docile
Princeton's WordNet
amenable, conformableadjective
disposed or willing to comply
"someone amenable to persuasion"
Antonyms:
irresponsible, defiant, insusceptible, noncompliant, unsusceptibleSynonyms:
agreeable, conformable, tractable, consonant, concordant, accordantamenable, tractableadjective
readily reacting to suggestions and influences
"a responsive student"
Antonyms:
defiant, noncompliant, unsusceptible, insusceptible, irresponsibleSynonyms:
conformable, tractable, manipulableamenableadjective
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"
Antonyms:
defiant, unsusceptible, irresponsible, noncompliant, insusceptibleSynonyms:
conformable, tractableamenableadjective
liable to answer to a higher authority
"the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
Antonyms:
irresponsible, defiant, unsusceptible, insusceptible, noncompliantSynonyms:
conformable, tractable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
amenableadjective
Antonyms:
unamenable, unaccountable, disobedient, insubmissiveSynonyms:
answerable, accountable, responsible, submissive, tractable, responsive
How to use amenable in a sentence?
This study is important because it focuses on a risk factor that is amenable to intervention in later life and could potentially postpone cognitive decline.
To prevent the infringement of the fundamental right to life of millions of Indian children, who have become amenable to kidnapping or abandonment, a thorough impartial CBI probe is required.
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.
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.
He might be amenable to doing nothing. Let it tick away, i don't know.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1264 | independent | |
#1854 | firm | |
#2328 | determined | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#24231 | irresponsible | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#30501 | defiant | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#42074 | inflexible | |
#42291 | opinionated | |
#42831 | intractable | |
#43680 | resolute | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#61099 | wilful | |
#64686 | autocratic | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#107961 | noncompliant |
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