1. (

• amenable ,
• conformable

) disposed or willing to conform; "someone amenable to the instruction of others" ;

2. (

• amenable ,
• tractable

) responsive to suggestions and influences; "a tractable student"; "an amenable child" ;

3. (

• amenable ,

) open to being acted upon in a certain way; "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment" ;

4. (

• amenable

) liable to answer to a higher authority; "the president is amenable to the constitutional court" ;