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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agreeable \A*gree"a*ble\, a. [F. agr['e]able.]
     1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant;
        grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable
        person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
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              A train of agreeable reveries.        --Goldsmith.
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     2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]
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              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.                                 --Latimer.
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     3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent;
        concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.
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              That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing,
              is many times contrary to the nature of another.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense
        used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order
        of the day, the House took up the report.
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     Syn: Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable;
          amiable. See {Pleasant}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agreeable
       adj 1: suitable to your needs or similar to your nature; "a
              congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial
              spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal
              virtues"- T.L.Peacock [syn: {congenial}] [ant: {uncongenial}]
       2: to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan
          agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea
          of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"-
          Disraeli; "an agreeable manner" [ant: {disagreeable}]
       3: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans
          conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant
          with his background" [syn: {accordant}, {conformable}, {consonant},
           {concordant}]
       4: prepared to agree or consent; "agreeable to the plan"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  350 Moby Thesaurus words for "agreeable":
     Junoesque, OK, abject, acceptable, accepting, accommodating,
     accommodative, accordant, achingly sweet, acquiescent, admissible,
     adorable, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeable-sounding,
     agreeing, akin, alacritous, all right, alright, ambrosial,
     amenable, amiable, amicable, amply endowed, answerable, appealing,
     appetizing, approving, ardent, ariose, arioso, assenting, at one,
     attentive, attractive, attuned, becoming, benevolent, benign,
     benignant, blissful, bonhomous, bonny, braw, brotherly, built,
     built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, canorous,
     cantabile, catchy, cheerful, civil, coexistent, coexisting,
     coherent, coincident, coinciding, comely, commensurate, compatible,
     complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, concordant,
     concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous,
     consentaneous, consentient, consenting, considerate, consistent,
     consonant, content, cooperating, cooperative, cordial,
     correspondent, corresponding, courteous, curvaceous, curvy, dainty,
     decent, deferential, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful,
     desirable, disposed, docile, dulcet, eager, easy, easy-natured,
     empathetic, empathic, en rapport, endorsing, enjoyable,
     enthusiastic, enviable, equivalent, euphonic, euphonious,
     euphonous, exciting, exquisite, fain, fair, fair and pleasant,
     favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, felicific,
     felicitous, fine, fine-toned, forward, fraternal, frictionless,
     friendlike, friendly, game, generous, genial, gentle, goddess-like,
     golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, good, good enough,
     good to eat, good-humored, good-looking, good-natured,
     good-tasting, good-tempered, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful,
     gratifying, gustable, gusty, harmonious, heart-warming, heedful,
     helpful, honeyed, in accord, in agreement, in concert, in favor,
     in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, in the mind, in the mood,
     in tune, inaccordance, inclined, indulgent, inharmony, juicy, kind,
     kindly, lenient, likable, like-minded, likely, lovable,
     lovely to behold, luscious, lush, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous,
     mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mild, minded, mindful,
     mindful of others, mouth-watering, music-flowing, music-like,
     musical, nectareous, nectarous, neighborlike, neighborly, nice,
     nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive,
     nothing loath, obedient, obliging, of a piece, of gourmet quality,
     of like mind, of one mind, okay, on all fours, overindulgent,
     overpermissive, palatable, passable, passive, peaceable, peaceful,
     permissive, personable, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, pleasing,
     pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, pliant, pneumatic,
     polite, positive, predisposed, presentable, prompt, prone,
     proportionate, provocative, quick, ratifying, ready,
     ready and willing, receptive, reconcilable, regardful, resigned,
     respectful, responsive, rewarding, rich, sanctioning, sapid,
     satisfactory, satisfying, savorous, savory, scrumptious, seductive,
     self-consistent, servile, shapely, sightly, silver-toned,
     silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, simpatico, singable,
     sisterly, slender, sociable, solicitous, songful, songlike,
     sonorous, stacked, statuesque, submissive, subservient, succulent,
     supine, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, sweet-tempered,
     symbiotic, sympathetic, sympathique, synchronized, synchronous,
     tactful, taking, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, tenable, thoughtful,
     to be desired, together, tolerant, toothsome, tractable, tunable,
     tuneful, unanimous, unassertive, uncomplaining, understanding,
     unexceptionable, ungrudging, unhostile, uniform, unisonant,
     unisonous, united, unloath, unobjectionable, unrefusing,
     unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, urbane, viable, welcome,
     well-affected, well-built, well-disposed, well-favored,
     well-formed, well-inclined, well-intentioned, well-made,
     well-meaning, well-meant, well-natured, well-proportioned,
     well-shaped, well-stacked, willed, willing, willinghearted,
     winning, worth having, yummy, zealous
  
  

















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