agreeable (English) - Vocabulary & GRE App

agreeable

EN • English

//əˈɡɹiːəbəl//(UK)

Direct German Translations & Equivalents:

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[DE]verträglich [DE]liebenswürdig [DE]gefällig

Definitions & Usage

adjective

Able to agree; possible to be agreed.

Example: “an agreeable contract”

Synonyms:

pleasant acquiescent accordant agreeing concordant conformable congruent congruous

Translations:

adjective

Pleasant to the senses or the mind; pleasing, satisfying, palatable.

Example: “a man with agreeable manners”

Example: “not completely agreeable remarks”

Synonyms:

pleasant acquiescent accordant agreeing concordant conformable congruent congruous

adjective

(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

Example: “If the committee is agreeable, we'll make an arrangement agreeable to both sides.”

Synonyms:

pleasant acquiescent accordant agreeing concordant conformable congruent congruous

Translations:[DE]verträglich [DE]liebenswürdig [DE]gefällig

adjective

Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.

Synonyms:

conformable correspondent concordant pleasant acquiescent accordant agreeing congruent

Translations:

adjective

(used adverbially) Pursuant, conformant, accordant.

Example: “Agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.”

Synonyms:

sympathetic pleasant acquiescent accordant agreeing concordant conformable congruent

noun

Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

“the train of agreeable reveries.”

— 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC:

“These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.”

— 1529, Hugh Latimer, sermon in Cambridge:

“That which is Agreeable to the Nature of one thing, is many times Contrary to the Nature of another.”

— 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC: