Agreeable — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Agreeable (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. being to one's liking

   "is the zoo an agreeable alternative for everyone, since the aquarium is closed?"

   similar: all right, alright, copacetic, ducky, fine, good, hunky-dory, jake (slang), OK, palatable, satisfactory
   related: delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, felicitous, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, scrumptious, welcome, acceptable, adequate, decent, passable, tolerable
   opposite: disagreeable, unsatisfactory
   near: bad, deficient, inferior, lousy, poor, punk, substandard, unacceptable, wanting, wretched, mediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate

2. giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses

   "put on some agreeable music for dinner"

   similar: blessed, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, good, grateful, gratifying, heavenly, jolly, luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, satisfying, savory, sweet, tasty, welcome
   related: alluring, attractive, desirable, enviable, inviting, relishable, tempting, charming, enchanting, fascinating, calming, comforting, soothing, amusing, diverting, entertaining, recreative, affable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, gemütlich, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable, blissful, felicific, glad, happy, joyous, elating, exhilarating, intoxicating, ecstatic, euphoric, nirvanic, rapturous
   opposite: disagreeable, pleasureless, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome
   near: abominable, ghastly, god-awful, hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched, bilious, disgusting, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revulsive, unsavory, vile, yucky, abhorrent, detestable, hateful, odious, boring, commonplace, dull, flat, insipid, irksome, stale, tedious, displeasing, dissatisfying, depressing, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, heartbreaking, heartrending, joyless, lachrymose, sad, unhappy, deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic, aggravating, annoying, exasperating, irritating, peeving, perturbing, vexing, forbidding, hostile, intimidating, angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming, infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling, distressing, disturbing, upsetting

3. having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations

   "an agreeable art teacher who lets me do pretty much whatever I want"

   similar: affable, amiable, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mellow, nice, pleasant, sweet, well-disposed
   related: amicable, clever (dialect), cordial, friendly, neighborly, benign, gentle, kind, cheerful, cheery, glad (archaic), sunny, companionable, conversable, sociable, civil, considerate, courteous, polite, thoughtful, accommodating, amenable, obliging, attractive, delightful, enjoyable, likable
   opposite: disagreeable, ill-natured, ill-tempered, unamiable, ungenial, ungracious, unpleasant
   near: boorish, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unkind, unmannerly, unsociable, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy, argumentative, contentious, contrary, ornery, querulous, unappealing, unattractive, sour, vinegary

4. having or marked by agreement in feeling or action

   "the belief that these new security measures are not agreeable with our core concepts of personal freedom"

   similar: amicable, compatible, congenial, frictionless, harmonious, kindred, unanimous, united
   related: pacific, peaceable, peaceful, collaborating, cooperative, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, noncompetitive, nonconflicting, uncompetitive, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding, affable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, neighborly
   opposite: disagreeable, discordant, disharmonious, disunited, incompatible, inharmonious, uncongenial
   near: antagonistic, antipathetic, clashing, conflicting, hostile, inimical, unfriendly, belligerent, contentious, quarrelsome, contradicting, contradictory, contrary, opposing, opposite, competing, competitive, rivaling