amenable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈminəbəl/ UK /əˈmiːnəbl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
willing to agree or be persuaded; responsive

The manager was amenable to a slight change of schedule.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · willing to agree or be... agreeable compliant tractable responsive accommodating willing pliable

Opposites

stubborn obstinate intractable resistant unyielding

Word family

Derived forms amenablyamenabilityamenableness

Etymology

From Anglo-French amenable, from Old French amener ('to lead to'), from a- ('to') + mener ('to lead'), from Late Latin minare ('to drive animals'), from Latin minari ('to threaten').

amener Old French minare Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# amenable

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

## Meanings
1. willing to agree or be persuaded; responsive

## Examples
- The manager was amenable to a slight change of schedule.

## Synonyms
- agreeable
- compliant
- tractable
- responsive
- accommodating
- willing
- pliable

## Antonyms
- stubborn
- obstinate
- intractable
- resistant
- unyielding

## Derived Forms
- amenably
- amenability
- amenableness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: amener
- Root: minare

## Etymology
From Anglo-French amenable, from Old French amener ('to lead to'), from a- ('to') + mener ('to lead'), from Late Latin minare ('to drive animals'), from Latin minari ('to threaten').

## AI Etymology
Amenable comes from Anglo-French amenable, from Old French amener ('to lead to'), from a- ('to') + mener ('to lead'), from Late Latin minare ('to drive animals'), from Latin minari ('to threaten'). The historical trail runs through Old French amener and Latin minare. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means willing to agree or be persuaded; responsive. Derived formations include amenably, amenability, amenableness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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