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

The team is extremely accommodating, per the norm for the brand. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026

The goal of the CCGP is to make conditions safer and more accommodating for pedestrians and bicyclists, thereby encouraging more people to use these healthy and environmentally sustainable modes of travel. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026

Verb

Slaughter said the organization plans to build 11 more homes, eventually accommodating up to 72 boys at a time. — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

There’s an incredibly welcoming feel, and no staffer blinks an eye at accommodating a baby or rowdy teens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026