| ADJECTIVE | all | docile | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | docile, teachable | ready and willing to be taught | |
| all | docile, gentle | easily handled or managed |
| Sounds | daa'sahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" | |
| Narrower | meek, tame | Very docile |
| sheeplike, sheepish | like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness / meekness or timidity | |
| yielding | Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control | |
| See also | obedient | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority |
| tractable, manipulable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) | |
| Opposite | stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
| Spanish | dócil | |
| Nouns | docility | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable |
| Meaning | Ready and willing to be taught. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "docile pupils eager for instruction" | |
| Synonym | teachable | |
| Broader | tractable, manipulable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
| Spanish | dócil, educable | |
| Catalan | dòcil, educable | |
| Meaning | easily handled or managed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" | |
| Synonym | gentle | |
| Broader | tame, tamed | Brought from wildness into a domesticated state |
| Spanish | dócil | |
| Nouns | docility | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable |
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