agreeable
pronunciation
How to pronounce agreeable in British English:
UK [əˈɡriːəbl]
How to pronounce agreeable in American English:
US [əˈɡriːəbl]
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- Adjective:
- suitable to your needs or similar to your nature
- to your own liking or feelings or nature
- in keeping
- prepared to agree or consent
Word Origin
- agreeable (adj.)
- late 14c., "to one's liking," from Old French agreable (12c., Modern French agréable) "pleasing, in agreement, consenting, thankful," from agreer "to please" (see agree). Related: Agreeably. To do the agreeable (1825) was to "act in a courteous manner."
Synonym
luscious tasty appealing elegant good graceful palatable comely pleasing attractive beautiful delicious good-looking felicitous handsome delectable
likeable enjoyable friendly pleasurable one's to delightful liking charming neighbourly nice good-natured pleasant sociable sweet gratifying amiable
Antonym
Example
- 1. He had enjoyed the agreeable sensation .
- 2. Are you agreeable to my suggestion ?
- 3. He must think himself a most agreeable fellow .
- 4. Grief and joy , for example , strongly expressed in the look and gestures of any one , at once affect the spectator with some degree of a like painful or agreeable emotion .
- 5. An agreeable personality is a great asset .