agreeable
AdjectiveUS[uh-gree-uh-buhl]/əˈɡriəbəl/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature“Is the plan agreeable to you?”“he's an agreeable fellow”“My idea of an agreeable person … is a person who agrees with me — Disraeli”“an agreeable manner”Opposite disagreeableSee also good-natured, pleasant
- in keeping“salaries agreeable with current trends”“plans conformable with your wishes”“expressed views concordant with his background”Synonyms: accordantconformableconsonantconcordantOpposite inconsistentSimilar consistent
- prepared to agree or consent“agreeable to the plan”Opposite discordantSimilar accordant
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·gree′a·ble (…), adjective
Origin: F. agréable.
1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
A train of agreeable reveries.— Oliver Goldsmith
2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. colloquial
These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.— Hugh Latimer
3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; — followed by to, rarely by with.
That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.— Sir Roger L'Estrange
4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; — in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Synonyms: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54