Meaning & Definition of Amenable in English

1. Disposed or willing to comply

• "Someone amenable to persuasion"

2. Readily reacting to suggestions and influences

• "A responsive student"

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"

4. Liable to answer to a higher authority

• "The president is amenable to the constitutional court"