amenable

[uh-mee-nuh-buh l, uh-men-uh-] /əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə-/
adjective
1.
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:
an amenable servant.
2.
liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible:
You are amenable for this debt.
3.
capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
Origin
1590-1600; < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French amen(er) to lead to (a- a-5 + mener < Late Latin mināre for Latin minārī to drive) + -able -able
Related forms
amenability, amenableness, noun
amenably, adverb
nonamenability, noun
nonamenable, adjective
nonamenableness, noun
nonamenably, adverb
unamenable, adjective
unamenably, adverb
Can be confused
amenable, amendable, emendable.
Synonyms
1. manageable, docile, easy. 3. open, subject.
Antonyms
1. stubborn, recalcitrant.
Examples from the web for amenable
  • The congressman is only a letter away, and he is amenable to the demands of his constituents.
  • Managements of both companies must be amenable to the idea.
  • Some venues are more amenable than others.
  • In the treatment of those under his authority, the captain is amenable to the common law, like any other person.
  • It had to be green and lush and beautiful, amenable to gardening and long walks.
  • Despite the changes, House lawmakers are expected to be amenable to compromise.
  • He credits his peers on the campus with being amenable to his desire to try new things.
  • Global banks are less amenable to pressure from a single central bank.
  • There's always some things that are just not amenable to scientific study.
  • The problem must be attacked at some lower level that is amenable to automation.
British Dictionary definitions for amenable

amenable

/əˈmiːnəbəl/
adjective
1.
open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc
2.
accountable for behaviour to some authority; answerable
3.
capable of being or liable to be tested, judged, etc
Derived Forms
amenability, amenableness, noun
amenably, adverb
Word Origin
C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French amener to lead up, from Latin mināre to drive (cattle), from minārī to threaten
Word Origin and History for amenable
adj.

1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable, Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad-) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably.