Meanings
comparative more amicable · superlative most amicable
- Showing friendliness or goodwill.
They hoped to reach an amicable agreement.
2 more examples
He was an amicable fellow with an easy smile.
While the resolution seemed amicable, leaders of San Francisco and Oakland each struck a parrying tone in statements following Tuesday’s announcement.
2026 April 28, Rachel Swan, “SFO and Oakland settle trademark dispute — ‘Oakland San Francisco Bay’ name stays”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by friendship and good will
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinamīcābilis“friendly”
- Middle Englishamicable“agreeable; pleasant”
- Englishamicable
From Middle English amicable (“agreeable; pleasant”), from Late Latin amīcābilis (“friendly”). Doublet of amiable.
More words from Middle English, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὔκολος
- εὔκολος (eúkolos)showing friendliness or goodwill
Bulgarian дружелюбен, приятелски
- дружелюбен (druželjuben)showing friendliness or goodwill
- приятелски (prijatelski)showing friendliness or goodwill
Catalan amigable
- amigableshowing friendliness or goodwill
Chinese Mandarin 友好, 藹然 /蔼然
- 友好 (yǒuhǎo)showing friendliness or goodwill
- 藹然 /蔼然 (ǎirán)showing friendliness or goodwill
- 友善 (yǒushàn)showing friendliness or goodwill
Czech přátelský
- přátelskýshowing friendliness or goodwill
Danish venskabelig, fredelig
- venskabeligshowing friendliness or goodwill
- fredeligshowing friendliness or goodwill
Dutch goedhartig, vriendelijk
- goedhartigshowing friendliness or goodwill
- vriendelijkshowing friendliness or goodwill
Finnish sovinnollinen, sopuisa
- sovinnollinenshowing friendliness or goodwill
- sopuisashowing friendliness or goodwill
- ystävällinenshowing friendliness or goodwill
French amiable, amical
- amiableshowing friendliness or goodwill
- amicalshowing friendliness or goodwill
German einvernehmlich, freundlich
- einvernehmlichshowing friendliness or goodwill
- freundlichshowing friendliness or goodwill
- freundschaftlichshowing friendliness or goodwill
- gütlichshowing friendliness or goodwill
- liebenswürdigshowing friendliness or goodwill
Hebrew מאיר פנים
- מאיר פניםshowing friendliness or goodwill
Indonesian ramah tamah
- ramah tamahshowing friendliness or goodwill
Latin amīcus
- amīcusshowing friendliness or goodwill
Malay sosial
- sosialshowing friendliness or goodwill
Polish przyjazny
- przyjaznyshowing friendliness or goodwill
Portuguese amigável
- amigávelshowing friendliness or goodwill
Romanian amabil
- amabilshowing friendliness or goodwill
Russian дружелю́бный
- дружелю́бный (druželjúbnyj)showing friendliness or goodwill
Spanish amigable
- amigableshowing friendliness or goodwill
Tagalog mapayapa
- mapayapashowing friendliness or goodwill
Cite this entry
amicable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amicable
“amicable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amicable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amicable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amicable.
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