accommodating
- 1Willing to help and easy to get along with.
Like a friend who always says yes when you ask for help.
Our new neighbor is very accommodating and always lends us tools.
The hotel staff were accommodating when we asked for an early check-in.
Similarobliging, helpful, cooperative, flexible, considerate
Oppositeuncooperative, unhelpful, inflexible, obstructive
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- 2Present participle and gerund of accommodate. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
The hotel is accommodating a large group this weekend.
They are accommodating all the new students in the bigger hall.
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- 3Too easily influenced or led, even into doing wrong.
Like soft clay that anyone can press into a new shape.
The official proved dangerously accommodating, accepting bribes from anyone who asked.
A weak and accommodating judge, he bent to every powerful interest in town.
Similarpliable, compliant, corruptible, venal, flexible
Oppositeincorruptible, principled, upright, unbending
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accommodating is a form of accommodate
accommodate, verb: To give someone a place to live or stay. Full entry
- Forms
- accommodateaccommodates he/she/itaccommodating -ing formaccommodated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- accommodate → accommodating: drop the e, add -ing
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Origin
It comes from the word "accommodate" plus "-ing".