Synonyms and Antonyms of amenable
- whatever you decide to do, I'm amenable—just let me know
- our normally balky cat becomes the most amenable of creatures when confronted with the strange environment of the veterinary clinic
acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable
fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient
decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly
constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained
controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, tractable, trainable
dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding
uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild
balky, defiant, perverse, resistant
bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty
disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude
- even our nation's highest leaders must remain amenable to the law