ACCOMMODATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accommodative mean? 

• ACCOMMODATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ACCOMMODATIVE has 3 senses:

1. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

2. willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement

3. tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony

  Familiarity information: ACCOMMODATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOMMODATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

Synonyms:

accommodating; accommodative

Context example:

made a special effort to be accommodating

Similar:

complaisant; obliging (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others)

Also:

good-natured (having an easygoing and cheerful disposition)

helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)

kind (having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior)

Derivation:

accommodate (provide a service or favor for someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement

Synonyms:

accommodative; cooperative

Similar:

noncompetitive (not involving competition or competitiveness)

Derivation:

accommodate (be agreeable or acceptable to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony

Synonyms:

accommodative; reconciling

Similar:

adaptative; adaptive (having a capacity for adaptation)