amenable

1. 1.

   disposed or willing to conform

   “someone amenable to the instruction of others”

   Synonymsconformable

   Similarcompliant
2. 2.

   responsive to suggestions and influences

   “a tractable student”

   “an amenable child”

   Synonymstractable

   Similarsusceptible
3. 3.

   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”

   Similarsusceptible
4. 4.

   liable to answer to a higher authority

   “the president is amenable to the constitutional court”

   Similarresponsible

Questions about amenable

What does amenable mean?

amenable means "disposed or willing to conform". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amenable?

amenable has 4 syllables: a-men-a-ble. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /əˈmɛnəbəl/.

What is another word for amenable?

Close synonyms include conformable, tractable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amenable a common word?

amenable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.