amenable Definition

amenable
adj

1. Ready to accept (someone else's idea, proposal, advice, guidance, etc).

Example: he was not amenable to her suggestion
Example: He was not amenable to her suggestion that they go on holiday together
Thesaurus: complaisant, flexible, tractable, persuadable, obliging, acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, conformable, submissive, susceptible; Antonym: resistant, recalcitrant.
Form: amenable to something (especially)
2. Legally responsible.

Thesaurus: responsible, answerable, accountable, liable, chargeable.

Derivative: amenability
noun

Derivative: amenableness
noun

Derivative: amenably
adverb

Etymology: 16c: Anglo-French, from amener (from à mener) to lead to.