docile
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doc·ile
(dŏs′əl, -īl′)adj.
1. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
2. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.
doc′ile·ly adv.
do·cil′i·ty (dŏ-sĭl′ĭ-tē, dō-) n.
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docile
(ˈdəʊsaɪl)adj
1. easy to manage, control, or discipline; submissive
2. rare ready to learn; easy to teach
[C15: from Latin docilis easily taught, from docēre to teach]
ˈdocilely adv
docility n
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doc•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.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| 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 Burke manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler |
| 2. | docile - ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" manipulable, 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" tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
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docile
adjective obedient, manageable, compliant, amenable, submissive, pliant, tractable, biddable, ductile, teachable (rare) They were docile, obedient children.
trying, difficult, troublesome, intractable, unmanageable, uncooperative, obstreperous
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docile
adjective1. Easily managed or handled:
2. Willing to carry out the wishes of others:
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Translations
طَيِّع، لَيِّن
poslušnýpoddajný
føjeligmedgørlig
òægur, auîsveipur, viîráîanlegur
paklusniai
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docile
[ˈdəʊsaɪl] adj [person, animal] → docile
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docile
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docile
[ˈdəʊsaɪl] adj → docile
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docile
(ˈdəusail) , ((American) ˈdosl) adjective(of a person or animal) quiet and easy to manage. a docile child/pony.
ˈdocilely adverbdoˈcility (douˈsiliti) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.