Meanings
comparative more accommodative · superlative most accommodative
- Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
This fact points in a similar direction as the high MPC fact: macro stimulus can raise output substantially in circumstances when monetary policy is accommodative (e.g., at the ZLB).
2021, Jón Steinsson, Online Panel: A New Macroeconomics?, efip Research Brief, July 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehelpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
adjectivewilling to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
adjectivetending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*médos
- Proto-Italic*medos
- Latinmodus
- Latincommodus
- Latincommodum
- Latincommodō
- Latinaccommodō
- Latinaccommodātus
- Englishaccommodate
- Englishaccommodative
From accommodate + -ive.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
accommodative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accommodative
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