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amicable adjective [ ˈamɪkəb(ə)l ]

• characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
• "an amicable settlement of the dispute"
Similar: friendly, good-natured, cordial, civil, courteous, polite, easy, easy-going, neighbourly, brotherly, fraternal, harmonious, cooperative, civilized, non-hostile, peaceable, peaceful, conflict-free,
Opposite: unfriendly, hostile,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasant, benign’, applied to things): from late Latin amicabilis, from Latin amicus ‘friend’.


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