amenability

noun

Definition of amenabilitynext
1
as in friendliness
a desire or disposition to please our circle of friends tends to take advantage of Will's amenability, usually not even bothering to ask him what he wants to do

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2
as in willingness
cheerful readiness to do something our cat Figaro hasn't shown much amenability to going outside now that the weather's cold

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amenability
  1. friendliness
  2. willingness
  3. pleasantness
  4. complaisance
  5. amiability
  6. submissiveness
Noun
  • Everyone is incredibly affable, welcoming guests with friendliness that never feels forced or excessive.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Rice’s reputation as the rare C-suite suit with both taste and talent-friendliness followed him out of Disney to a non-exclusive production and co-financing deal with A24 for both TV and film.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of friendliness
Noun
  • Some of the fault lies in the customers’ willingness to pay those fares.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Witkoff also hailed Russia’s willingness to restart talks over ending the war.
    — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of willingness
Noun
  • The balance between efficiency and pleasantness in doing business seems extremely hard to achieve.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • And by relying on participants’ subjective ratings of hunger and pleasantness, the study can only infer what might be happening psychologically or biologically, Fredericson added.
    — Cathy Nelson, Health, 20 July 2026
Definition of pleasantness
Noun
  • The steadfast pushback against the administration might appear on the surface to be an encouraging trend, given the complaisance of the Republican majorities in Congress and weak-kneed capitulation to Trump by leaders of institutions such as universities and major corporations.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yet electing to be private doesn’t amount to complaisance or complicity.
    — Lesley M.M. Blume, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
Definition of complaisance
Noun
  • Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
  • All of this is to say, the man is a good sport, and his work in The Fall Guy as stuntman Colt Seavers reflects that amiability.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of amiability
Noun
  • Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of submissiveness
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“Amenability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amenability. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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