Amenable Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-mēnə-bəl, ə-mĕnə-
Legally obligated
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. accountable
  2. answerable
  3. liable
  4. responsible
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Ready and willing to receive favorably, as new ideas
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. acceptant
  2. open
  3. open-minded
  4. receptive
  5. responsive
Antonyms:
  1. disobedient
  2. insubmissive
  3. unaccountable
  4. unamenable
  5. unanswerable
  6. unchargeable
  7. not responsible
  8. irresponsible
  9. unwilling
  10. uncooperative
  11. intractable
  12. nonconforming
Responsible to higher authority; accountable:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. responsible

Words Related to Amenable

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. See syn. study at
  2. resist
  3. law
  4. accept
  5. susceptible
  6. closely-related
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Amenable Sentence Examples

  • He was amenable to change.

  • The employees were not amenable to the control measures which were suggested.

  • Women are more amenable to compromise than men.

  • The doctors were to teach the faithful in sound learning, to guard purity of doctrine, and to be amenable to discipline.

  • I do try and get as near her as I can; but, she is not entirely amenable!

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