amenable

Adjective
Synonyms: conformabletractable

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. disposed or willing to comply“someone amenable to persuasion”Synonyms: conformable
  2. readily reacting to suggestions and influences“a responsive student”Synonyms: tractable
  3. open to being acted upon in a certain way“an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death”“the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment”
  4. liable to answer to a higher authority“the president is amenable to the constitutional court”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Amenable \A*me"na*ble\, a. [F. amener to lead; ? (L. ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace.]

1.(Old Law) Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] --Jacob. [1913 Webster]

2.Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. [1913 Webster]

Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

3.Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc. [1913 Webster]

4.Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. [1913 Webster]

Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel.— Carlyle.[1913 Webster]
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