1. Happy to help or do what others want; helpful and considerate
   "The accommodating staff let us change table"; "She was always accommodating to her neighbours";
   - obliging

1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   "accommodate our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country";
   - adapt
    
2. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
   "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories";
   - reconcile, conciliate
    
3. Provide housing for
   "We are accommodating three foreign students this semester";
   - lodge
    
4. Provide with something desired or needed
   "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"
    
5. Provide a service or favour for someone
   "We had to accommodate him";
   - oblige
    
6. Have room for
   "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests";
   - hold, admit
    
7. Be agreeable or acceptable to
   "This accommodates my needs";
   - suit, fit

See also: helpful, occupy

Type of: abide by, alter, cater, change, comply, conform to, domiciliate [rare], fill, fit, follow, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], harmonise [Brit], harmonize, have, have got, hold, house, meet, provide, put up, satisfy, supply, vary

Antonym: disoblige

Encyclopedia: Accommodating