agreeable
Americanadjective
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to one's liking; pleasing.
agreeable manners;
an agreeable sensation.
- Synonyms:
- amiable, gracious, accommodating, likable, pleasant
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willing or ready to agree or consent.
Are you agreeable to my plans for Saturday?
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suitable; conformable (usually followed byto ).
practice agreeable to theory.
- Synonyms:
- harmonious, compatible
adjective
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pleasing; pleasant
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prepared to consent
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in keeping; consistent
salaries agreeable with current trends
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(foll by to) to one's liking
he said the terms were not agreeable to him
Other Word Forms
- agreeability noun
- agreeableness noun
- agreeably adverb
Etymology
Origin of agreeable
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English agreable, from Anglo-French; agree, -able
Example Sentences
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The majority of its dozen tracks coast along with an agreeable yet lifeless electro-pop groove, with layered voices approximating the earnest and indistinct ballads of latter-day Coldplay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Camille’s heartbreak is so consuming that it turns her into something else entirely, placing her soul in the framework of her sought-after chair and turning her human body into a stiff, agreeable bag of bones.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Ten years later, we parted on the most agreeable terms, as her urban lifestyle clashed with my rural one.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
He particularly enjoyed a morality tale about two sisters – one beautiful but "vain and severe", who lost a suitor to her plain, but more agreeable, sibling.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
His absence bloomed in her until she grew absent herself, pre- ternaturally agreeable.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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