amenable

(adjective)

adjective

1. disposed or willing to conform

- someone amenable to the instruction of others

Similar word(s): compliant, conformable

2. responsive to suggestions and influences

- an amenable child

Similar word(s): susceptible, tractable

3. open to being acted upon in a certain way

- an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death

- the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment

Similar word(s): susceptible

4. liable to answer to a higher authority

- the president is amenable to the constitutional court

Similar word(s): responsible