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docile
doc·ile D0314200 (dŏs′əl, -īl′)adj.1. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.2. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
[Latin docilis, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
doc′ile·ly adv.do·cil′i·ty (dŏ-sĭl′ĭ-tē, dō-) n.docile (ˈdəʊsaɪl) adj1. easy to manage, control, or discipline; submissive2. rare ready to learn; easy to teach[C15: from Latin docilis easily taught, from docēre to teach] ˈdocilely adv docility ndoc•ile (ˈdɒs əl; Brit. ˈdoʊ saɪl)
adj. 1. easily managed or handled. 2. readily trained or taught. [1475–85; < Latin docilis readily taught] doc′ile•ly, adv. do•cil′i•ty (-ˈsɪl ɪ ti) n. docent, docible, docile - Docent comes from Latin docere, "to teach"; docible is "capable of learning" and docile first meant "teachable."See also related terms for teacher.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burkemanipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butlerobstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield | | 2. | docile - ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"teachablemanipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler | | 3. | docile - easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"gentletamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
docileadjective obedient, manageable, compliant, amenable, submissive, pliant, tractable, biddable, ductile, teachable (rare) They were docile, obedient children.
trying, difficult, troublesome, intractable, unmanageable, uncooperative, obstreperousdocileadjective1. Easily managed or handled:gentle, meek, mild, tame.2. Willing to carry out the wishes of others:amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, obedient, submissive, supple, tractable.Translationsdocile (ˈdəusail) , ((American) ˈdosl) adjective (of a person or animal) quiet and easy to manage. a docile child/pony. 聽話的，溫馴的 听话的，驯良的 ˈdocilely adverb 溫順地，溫馴的 温顺地，驯良地 doˈcility (douˈsiliti) noun 溫順，溫馴 温顺docile
Synonyms for docileadj obedientSynonyms- obedient
- manageable
- compliant
- amenable
- submissive
- pliant
- tractable
- biddable
- ductile
- teachable
Antonyms- trying
- difficult
- troublesome
- intractable
- unmanageable
- uncooperative
- obstreperous
Synonyms for docileadj easily managed or handledSynonymsadj willing to carry out the wishes of othersSynonyms- amenable
- biddable
- compliant
- conformable
- obedient
- submissive
- supple
- tractable
Synonyms for docileadj willing to be taught or led or supervised or directedRelated Words- obedient
- manipulable
- tractable
Antonyms- obstinate
- stubborn
- unregenerate
adj ready and willing to be taughtSynonymsRelated Wordsadj easily handled or managedSynonymsRelated Words |