Amenable
What it means
Willing to consider or accept a suggestion, request, or course of action.
Reach for it when praising openness where genuine consent remains possible
The landlord was amenable to adding secure bicycle storage.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when consideration without prejudice is the point
Careful Open can mean available or candid and may be ambiguous.
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warm
Fits when someone adjusts to meet another's need
Careful Accommodating may yield too readily and goes beyond considering a proposal.
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warm
Fits when willing consent and pleasant cooperation coincide
Careful Agreeable can praise a pleasant object or experience instead of someone's openness.
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professional
compliant
Fits when rules or requests are followed
Careful Compliant erases voluntary judgment, the very quality amenable should preserve.
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professional
Fits when ideas receive a fair hearing
Careful Receptive does not indicate willingness to act on them.
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formal
persuadable
Fits when evidence can change the person's position
Careful Persuadable can imply weak convictions or manipulation.
Opposites 3
- resistant
- unwilling
- intractable
Common phrases 3
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amenable to change
The committee remained amenable to change after the trial.
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amenable to discussion
Both owners were amenable to discussion about access.
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readily amenable
The layout is readily amenable to small adjustments.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated