Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amenable

/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: amenable
IPA: /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

adj

Willing to comply; easily led.

adj

Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.

adj

Liable to the legal authority of (something).

adj

Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

Example Sentences

"The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity."
"Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities."

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).

Word Breakdown

Root: mināre

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/
British English: /əˈmiːnəbəl/

Inflected Forms

more amenable (comparative) most amenable (superlative) amesnable (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

amenableness amenably nonamenable supramenable unamenable

Frequently Paired Words

suggestible gullible

Synonyms

persuadable agreeable compliant complaisant amenable biddable controllable docile governable indulgent manageable maniable

Antonyms

unamenable

Rhymes With

untenable tenable venable unamenable intenable pennable

Questions

How do you pronounce amenable?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/.
What does amenable mean?: Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Where does amenable come from?: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).

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