Agreeable

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /əˈɡriːəbl/

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French agreable; displaced native Old English queem ("pleasing, agreeable"). Equivalent to agree + -able.

Full definition of agreeable

Adjective

1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful.agreeable mannersagreeable remarksan agreeable personfruit agreeable to the taste
• unknown date Oliver Goldsmith:A train of agreeable reveries.
2. (colloquial) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
• unknown date Hugh Latimer: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.
3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; followed by to, or rarely by with.
• unknown date Roger L'Estrange:That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.
4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; used adverbiallyAgreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Synonyms

• (pleasing, pleasant) acceptable, amiable, charming, pleasant, pleasing, welcome

Noun

1. Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
• 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.