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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation;
- Example: "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"
- Example: "made a special effort to be accommodating"
[syn: accommodating, accommodative]

2. obliging; willing to do favors;
- Example: "made a special effort to be accommodating"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.] 1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accommodate their counsels to his inclination." --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings. [1913 Webster] 4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events. [1913 Webster] Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accommodating adj 1: helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" [syn: accommodating, accommodative] [ant: unaccommodating, unobliging] 2: obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "accommodating": accessible, accommodative, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, affable, agreeable, amenable, amiable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, bribable, civil, complaisant, compliant, conciliatory, considerate, cooperative, corruptible, courteous, decent, deferential, delicate, fair, friendly, generous, graceful, gracious, heedful, helpful, hospitable, humble, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, meek, mindful, mindful of others, obedient, obliging, overindulgent, overpermissive, passive, permissive, pliable, pliant, polite, reconciled, regardful, resigned, respectful, solicitous, submissive, tactful, thoughtful, tolerant, uncomplaining, unresisting, urbane, yielding