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
• 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
• unifying
• uniting
• arranging
• pairing
• orchestrating
• standardizing
• fitting
• evening
• joining
• fusing
• squaring
• 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
• revising
• orientating
• remodeling
• regulating
• readapting
• redesigning
• reworking
• remaking
• acquainting
• settling
• patterning
• familiarizing
• rooting
• training
• recasting
• reclaiming
• recycling
• squaring
• refashioning
• hardening
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accommodating

Adjective

Bloomberg added or extended more than 40 historic districts and passed more than 80 neighborhood downzonings, while Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams were much more accommodating to real-estate interests. — David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

And his fiery temper, igniting at every possible moment with his older and more accommodating bandmates, turns this snapshot of history into genuine tragedy. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

Service in the restaurants is top notch with knowledgeable and accommodating staff. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Its intended role is to help operators respond to drone threats while accommodating changes in equipment and mission requirements. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026