different between approachable vs amenable
approachable
English
Etymology
approach +? -able
Adjective
approachable (comparative more approachable, superlative most approachable)
- Easily approached; easy to talk to.
- Her boss was very approachable.
Derived terms
- approachability
- approachableness
Translations
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amenable
English
Etymology
From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”), from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin min?re (“to drive”), Latin deponent min?r? (“to threaten, menace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mi?n?bl/
- (US) IPA(key): /??m?n.?.b?l/
Rhymes: -?n?b?l
Adjective
amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- Willing to comply; easily led.
- Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
- (law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
- (mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Antonyms
- unamenable
Translations
Further reading
- amenable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amenable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- amenable at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- beanmeal, meanable, nameable
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