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Synonyms for amenable

Adjective

1. amenable, conformable, willing, compliant (vs. defiant)
usage: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"; "the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak"- Matthew 26:41
2. responsive, amenable, tractable, susceptible (vs. unsusceptible)
usage: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"
3. amenable, responsible (vs. irresponsible)
usage: liable to answer to a higher authority; " the president is amenable to the constitutional court"
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