agreeable
17
3.3
- adjective
- /əˈɡriːəbl/
:
dispuesto a
- I am agreeable to a fault.
- mutually agreeable
- agreeable settlement
Maybe making everyone a bit more agreeable, less prone to violence.
- Maybe making everyone a bit more agreeable, less prone to violence.
- A person could be agreeable and introverted and conscientious.
- That's how we are more agreeable or people that are more willing to take orders, right?
- I used to think like that, that little characteristic of mine of being agreeable was like a a bad thing.
- But they're made to feel if they just did more chores, if they weren't making noise, if they were more agreeable, more obedient than dad would never get angry.
- Agreeable people say agreeable people won't produce a lot of conflict, but disagreeable people tell you what they think.
- That's why I don't experience ASMR, because I'm very conscientious, extroverted and pretty agreeable, and I'm not very neurotic or open.
- And it's probably because you have to be agreeable with your baby.
- And you, being much more agreeable, are betting that the colors are the same.
- It's much easier to be rejected for pleasing and being agreeable than to be rejected for being ourselves.
- You're never going to hear her be so agreeable again.
- He seemed very agreeable to a lot that was coming from the left of that issue.
Examples
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The preservice teacher and cooperating teacher developed a mutually agreeable schedule to complete the experience.
Academic text (2005) -
MARY: Your terms are most agreeable.
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We think you would find agreeable the terms our master presents.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you, being much more agreeable, are betting that the colors are the same.
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They'd probably find that quite agreeable.
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Zanny had been perfectly agreeable to their taking an afternoon ride.
Fiction book (1993) -
Would that be agreeable?
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Legalizing controlled and mutually agreeable local access to forest resources would therefore be an effective alternative.
Academic text (2003) -
Preservice teachers, more than inservice teachers, were more agreeable to working in these types of classroom environments.
Academic text (2004) -
Are these terms agreeable to you?
Synonyms
17
4.8
Willing to help others and change plans for them
14
5.9
Willing to accept advice or follow rules
1
8.4
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
1
7.4
Expressing approval or agreement
Fully agreeing with others
Showing that a person agrees or approves
Willing to welcome new ideas, people, or situations without judging them
Open to new ideas, people, or experiences
Ready to try new ideas and adapt to change
Antonyms
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Agreeable comes from a root that meant 'to please', a sense you can also see in grateful. So if someone is agreeable to an idea, they are 'pleased' enough to accept it or give their consent.