AMENABLE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective

disposed or willing to comply

Example: someone amenable to persuasion

Part of speech: Adjective

readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Example: a responsive student

Part of speech: Adjective

open to being acted upon in a certain way

Example: an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death; the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment

Part of speech: Adjective

liable to answer to a higher authority

Example: the president is amenable to the constitutional court

The word "amenable" comes from Late Latin mināre.

Medieval scholars created new Latin words for modern concepts, keeping the language alive for centuries.