Amenable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.
  • adj. Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. See Synonyms at responsible.
  • adj. Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism: "The phenomenon of mind . . . is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected” ( Michael D. Lemonick).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
  • adj. Willing to comply with; agreeable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
  • adj. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable.
  • adj. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
  • adj. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Liable to make answer or defense; answerable; accountable; responsible: said of persons.
  • Under subjection or subordination; liable or exposed, as to authority, control, claim, or application: said of persons or things: as, persons or offenses amenable to the law; amenable to criticism.
  • Disposed or ready to answer, yield, or submit, as to influence or advice; submissive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disposed or willing to comply
  • adj. open to being acted upon in a certain way
  • adj. liable to answer to a higher authority
  • adj. readily reacting to suggestions and influences
  • Equivalent
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    unamenable   
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