agreeable

Speech parts

1. agreeable - Noun

2. agreeable - Adjective

3. agreeable - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

Willing; ready to agree or consent.

Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.

In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consonant acceptable welcome pleasant pleasing charming amiable concordant accordant gentile dolce fain hep ducky lief
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Antonyms

feller misty carrion granite gorky paroxysmal
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Phrases with the word

agreeable disposition be agreeable to agreeable enough agreeable to all less agreeable more agreeable

Examples

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. Walter Bagehot

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. George Eliot

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. Ambrose Bierce

A polite devil is more agreeable than a rude saint. Lebanese Proverb

Jokes, which carry injury with them, are never agreeable. Latin Proverb

Pursue that course which offers most advantages, habit will soon make it agreeable and easy. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

agree to work agree with agreeability agreeable disposition agreeable enough agreeable individual