agreeable

adjective

agree·able | \ ə-ˈgrē-ə-bəl

Definition of agreeable

1 : pleasing to the mind or senses especially as according well with one's tastes or needs an agreeable companion an agreeable change

2 : ready or willing to agree or consent was agreeable to the plan

3 : being in harmony : consonant

4 : able to be accepted : acceptable —used with to a plan that is agreeable to everyone

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Other Words from agreeable

agreeability \ ə-ˌgrē-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

agreeableness \ ə-ˈgrē-ə-bəl-nəs

\ noun

agreeably \ ə-ˈgrē-ə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of agreeable in a Sentence

He's a very agreeable young man. Traffic is one of the less agreeable aspects of city life. They spent an agreeable evening together. I suggested that we leave early, and she seemed agreeable.

Recent Examples on the Web Conditions east of the Lesser Antilles are expected to be marginally agreeable for development by early next week. — Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2021 The inputs of the A.I. algorithm will be integral in bridging differences and finding mutually agreeable solutions. — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021 How could the face smiling from the cheerful throw pillow be anything but agreeable? — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021 The 19-year-old brown-and-white paint horse with one blue eye and one brown is typically agreeable doing his part in the 4-H Slippery Saddles Color Guard and Drill Team, his riders, Katja and Sofia Broberg, said. — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021 In the capitulatory and quiet conservatives’ defense, when the social aspect of college is omnipresent — living in close proximity with others, tight peer groups, and little outside exposure — there is every incentive imaginable to be agreeable. — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 30 June 2021 The politics of Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, are no more agreeable to President Biden than those of the unseated Benjamin Netanyahu — including the rejection of both a Palestinian state and any agreement with Iran. — Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021 Instead, the idea was to build a pool of thought from the collective audience and then to distill those concepts into a mutually agreeable, actionable vision. — Gatis Dukurs, Forbes, 5 July 2021 Night after night the bland, genial newscasters would read the news in their agreeable baritone voices, and everyone in the country seemed to be sitting on their sofas and nodding their heads. — Wallace Shawn, The New Republic, 29 June 2021

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