Synonyms of accommodating

accommodating 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdā-tiŋ 

as in friendly

willing to do a favor

an accommodating waiter who readily honored our request to make substitutions in our order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friendly
• accommodative
• obliging
• helpful
• indulgent
• solicitous
• considerate
• thoughtful
• gracious
• amenable
• lenient
• permissive
• agreeable
• complaisant
• overindulgent

accommodating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of accommodate

1

as in seating

to make or have room for

the back seat accommodates three people comfortably

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seating
• holding
• fitting
• taking
• containing
• carrying
• encompassing
• housing
• enclosing
• inclosing
• harboring
• enfolding

2

as in reconciling

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences

let's accommodate the difference in their voices by moving the mike closer to Sarah, whose voice is softer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reconciling
• coordinating
• integrating
• conforming
• adapting
• aligning
• combining
• conciliating
• harmonizing
• keying
• attuning
• connecting
• merging
• matching
• balancing
• suiting
• correlating
• tuning
• blending
• synthesizing
• synchronizing
• equalizing
• uniting
• unifying
• pairing
• arranging
• orchestrating
• standardizing
• fitting
• evening
• joining
• fusing
• squaring
• alining
• dovetailing
• ordering
• proportioning
• regularizing
• arraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disrupting
• upsetting
• disturbing
• confusing
• skewing
• disharmonizing
• disorganizing
• alienating
• disordering
• estranging
• disarraying

3

as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

accommodated the lectern to the height of the guest speaker, who turned out to be quite short

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjusting
• adapting
• tailoring
• conforming
• putting
• suiting
• shaping
• editing
• preparing
• customizing
• fitting
• acclimating
• fashioning
• conditioning
• transforming
• acclimatizing
• matching
• doctoring
• modifying
• altering
• bending
• converting
• readjusting
• establishing
• equipping
• correcting
• tuning
• modeling
• orienting
• gearing
• attuning
• harmonizing
• modelling
• revising
• orientating
• remodeling
• regulating
• redesigning
• readapting
• reworking
• remaking
• settling
• acquainting
• patterning
• familiarizing
• rooting
• training
• recasting
• reclaiming
• recycling
• squaring
• hardening
• refashioning
• rehearsing
• redeveloping
• priming
• readying
• reinventing
• reengineering
• refocusing
• inuring
• accustoming
• revamping
• rigging
• habituating
• naturalizing
• redoing
• toughening
• registering
• refitting
• phasing
• habilitating
• seasoning
• making over
• refiguring
• rejiggering
• fine-tuning
• fiddling (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjusting

4

as in obliging

to do a service or favor for

couldn't accommodate everyone who wanted a free T-shirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obliging
• appeasing
• assisting
• indulging
• delighting
• helping
• satisfying
• favoring
• pleasing
• humoring
• placating
• aiding
• conciliating
• gratifying
• comforting
• supporting
• coddling
• pacifying
• relieving
• pampering
• mollifying
• mollycoddling
• attending
• abetting
• ministering (to)
• gladdening
• caring (for)
• succoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weighing
• bothering
• troubling
• disturbing
• burdening
• inconveniencing
• failing
• disappointing
• encumbering
• saddling
• disobliging
• opposing
• restraining
• constraining
• hindering
• impeding
• obstructing
• hampering
• holding back
• deserting
• letting down
• thwarting
• incommoding
• discommoding
• hobbling
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• hamstringing

5

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter

regards the tent as entirely inadequate for accommodating them through the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• lodging
• sheltering
• rooming
• camping
• boarding
• billeting
• bestowing
• harboring
• bunking
• roofing
• encamping
• quartering
• taking in
• domiciling
• securing
• bivouacking
• chambering
• shedding
• homing
• putting up
• stabling
• tenting
• roosting
• ensconcing
• bedding (down)
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejecting
• evicting

Examples of accommodating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Plan holiday events that are accessible and accommodating. —Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022

This perfectly reasonable and accommodating response does not sit well with Eliza. —Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022

Tempe will also become even more accommodating for bicyclists, with nearly $4 million worth of roadwork on Alameda Drive that will provide another safe bike route to and from Phoenix. —Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2022

The world has never been more accommodating to solo travelers—we’re constantly hearing about new meet-up apps to combat loneliness and safety measures to combat discomfort (so long, catcalling). —Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2022