AMENABILITY Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

amenability

noun

Definition of amenability

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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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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Noun

The ribbing was good-natured overall, but when describing the rivalry, the friendliness dissipated.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Overbearing friendliness might even be described as our national affect.

— Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of friendliness

Noun

The metric is determined by such factors as distance of separation from a defender, accuracy of the throw and teammates’ willingness to throw blocks.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
What actually matters is interest and a willingness to work through failure.

— Stephen Snyder, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 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

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