adj
Meaning 1
Able to agree; possible to be agreed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an agreeable contract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
agreeable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /əˈɡɹiːəbəl/
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UK, obsolete: /əˈɡɹɪbəl/
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US: /əˈɡɹiəbəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a man with agreeable manners
- not completely agreeable remarks
- She’s quite an agreeable person.
- This fruit has an agreeable taste.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Willing; ready to agree or consent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- If the committee is agreeable, we'll make an arrangement agreeable to both sides.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conformable, correspondent, concordant
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Pursuant, conformant, accordant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: adverbial
Examples
- Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sympathetic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature- Disraeli
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Is the plan agreeable to you?
- he's an agreeable fellow
- My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me
- an agreeable manner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disagreeable
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
prepared to agree or consent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- agreeable to the plan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
in keeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accordant, conformable, consonant, concordant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sovittavissa — able to agree; possible to be agreed
- Belarusian: мі́лы (míly) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Belarusian: прые́мны (pryjémny) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Bulgarian: мил (mil) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Bulgarian: приятен (prijaten) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Catalan: agradable — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Czech: příjemný — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Esperanto: simpatia — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Finnish: miellyttävä — pleasant to the senses or mind
- French: agréable — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Friulian: gustôs — pleasant to the senses or mind
- German: angenehm — pleasant to the senses or mind
- German: nett — pleasant to the senses or mind
- German: umgänglich — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Hindi: इच्छुक (icchuk) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Hindi: रजामंद (rajāmand) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Ingrian: mukaisa — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Irish: pléisiúrtha — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Italian: gradevole — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Latin: iūcundus — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Latin: acceptus — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Māori: āhuareka — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Norwegian: behagelig — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Polish: miły — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Polish: przyjemny — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Portuguese: agradável — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Romanian: plăcut — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Romanian: agreabil — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Romanian: potrivit — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Russian: ми́лый (mílyj) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Sanskrit: गूर्त (gūrta) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Scots: couthie — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Slovak: príjemný — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Spanish: lisonjero — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Spanish: agradable — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Spanish: grato — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Swedish: trevlig — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Swedish: angenäm — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Swedish: agreabel — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Ukrainian: ми́лий (mýlyj) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Ukrainian: приє́мний (pryjémnyj) — pleasant to the senses or mind
- Belarusian: зго́дны (zhódny) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Bulgarian: съгла́сен (sǎglásen) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Catalan: tractable — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Finnish: myötämielinen — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Finnish: myöntyväinen — willing; ready to agree or consent
- German: verträglich — willing; ready to agree or consent
- German: liebenswürdig — willing; ready to agree or consent
- German: gefällig — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (gaƕairbs) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Hindi: इच्छुक (icchuk) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Hindi: रज़ामंद (razāmand) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Hindi: रजामंद (rajāmand) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Irish: sásta — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Polish: zgodny — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Russian: согла́сный (soglásnyj) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Spanish: dispuesto — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Ukrainian: згі́дний (zhídnyj) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Ukrainian: зго́дний (zhódnyj) — willing; ready to agree or consent
- Finnish: sopiva — agreeing or suitable
- French: complaisant — agreeing or suitable
- Romanian: conform — agreeing or suitable
- Russian: прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) — agreeing or suitable
- Russian: подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) — agreeing or suitable
- Spanish: conforme — agreeing or suitable
- Finnish: jonkin mukainen — in pursuance, conformity, or accordance
- Finnish: jonkin mukaisesti — in pursuance, conformity, or accordance
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