accommodative

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈkɑmədeɪtɪv/ UK /əˈkɒmədeɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
willing to help, oblige, or adapt to others' needs

The hotel staff were unfailingly accommodative to every request.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · willing to help, oblige, or... obliging helpful cooperative adaptable flexible considerate

Opposites

uncooperativeinflexible rigid obstinate

Word family

Related forms accommodate accommodation accommodating

Etymology

From Latin accommodāre ('to make fit, adapt') + -ive, from ad- ('to') + commodāre ('to make fit'), from commodus ('suitable'), from com- ('with') + modus ('measure').

accommodāre Latin modus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# accommodative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈkɑmədeɪtɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈkɒmədeɪtɪv/

## Meanings
1. willing to help, oblige, or adapt to others' needs

## Examples
- The hotel staff were unfailingly accommodative to every request.

## Synonyms
- obliging
- helpful
- cooperative
- adaptable
- flexible
- considerate

## Antonyms
- uncooperative
- inflexible
- rigid
- obstinate

## Related Forms
- accommodate
- accommodation
- accommodating

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accommodāre
- Root: modus

## Etymology
From Latin accommodāre ('to make fit, adapt') + -ive, from ad- ('to') + commodāre ('to make fit'), from commodus ('suitable'), from com- ('with') + modus ('measure').

## AI Etymology
accommodative comes from Latin accommodāre ('to make fit, adapt') + -ive, from ad- ('to') + commodāre ('to make fit'), from commodus ('suitable'), from com- ('with') + modus ('measure'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ive is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the adjective sense is "willing to help, oblige, or adapt to others' needs", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as accommodate, accommodation, accommodating, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Latin accommodāre, Latin modus, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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