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

In separate Wallet Hub analyses, California ranked seventh for the quality of childbirth healthcare, 23rd for baby-friendliness, 29th for family-friendliness and 51st for the cost of childbirth.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The Queen City ranked 64th for pet budget, 56th for pet health and wellness and 84th for outdoor pet-friendliness.

— Evan Moore August 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of friendliness

Noun

To travel well often means opening yourself up to discomfort or difference, which inherently means a willingness to make a fool of yourself.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
True qualification now demands a willingness to embrace new information, recent adaptive experience, a clear understanding of one's core problem-solving ability, and conviction to act under pressure.

— Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of willingness

Noun

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
The effects are social and calm with a 20-minute onset that lasts for an hour of pleasantness.

— Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 6 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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