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Thesaurus: amenable

Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.

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  1. a. Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband.
  2. a. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law.
  3. a. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
  4. a. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable.
  5. adj. disposed or willing to conform
  6. adj. responsive to suggestions and influences
  7. adj. open to being acted upon in a certain way
  8. adj. liable to answer to a higher authority
  9. j:100 s. disposed or willing to comply s. readily reacting to suggestions and influences s. open to being acted upon in a certain way