amenable UK /əˈmiːnəbəl/US /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/ adjective5 •Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions. •Willing to comply; easily led.The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity. — 2020 •Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable. •Liable to the legal authority of (something).Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities. •Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements. formsmore amenable · most amenable