agreeable
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1.0
- adjective
- /əˈɡriːəbl/
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agradable
- I hope your travels were agreeable.
- agreeable personality
- more agreeable
- the most agreeable
So that really puts people with open and agreeable personality styles at a market advantage.
- So that really puts people with open and agreeable personality styles at a market advantage.
- When agreeable people are angry, they're still agreeable.
- When love is, you know, aimed at a complex object, both of the objects are agreeable.
Examples
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I noticed what a nice face he had, not handsome, but agreeable, open, warm, accepting.
Fiction book (1993) -
Stay in a first-class hotel, eat an agreeable meal, drink a nice glass of wine, see my big brother.
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All very agreeable, we thought.
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A more agreeable memory of him.
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Most people in the crowd were agreeable, but not everyone.
Academic text (2016) -
Dare I say, very agreeable.
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I've always thought the greenhouse was one of the most agreeable rooms in the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
She is as gentle and agreeable as a lamb.
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Pork found the physician quite the most agreeable, sensible German he'd ever met.
Fiction book (1993) -
The dinner party was very agreeable, with delicious food and great conversation.
Synonyms
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Pleasant and attractive in a way that people like
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Giving a gentle feeling of enjoyment
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2.0
Something very pleasant that makes you happy
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2.3
Makes people like it, for example a friendly smile or a new idea
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1.0
Pleasant to do or experience
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1.0
Pleasant and friendly that makes other people feel warm toward you
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2.0
Giving a pleasant feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction
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3.5
Causing a feeling of enjoyment or happiness
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3.4
Friendly and pleasant in a way people like
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4.2
A person who is pleasant and easy to like
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2.4
Being friendly, cheerful, and easy to get along with
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5.5
Friendly and easy to talk to
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6.0
Pleasant and easy to like because it suits your interests
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3.2
Cheerful and friendly to other people
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6.1
Friendly and pleasant to be with
Antonyms
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Agreeable comes from a root that meant 'to please', the same idea behind words like grateful or gratify, so an agreeable person or place is literally 'pleasing' and pleasant to be with.