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Synonyms for DOCILE
ˈdɒs əl; Brit. ˈdoʊ saɪldocile

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  1. docileadjective

    Synonyms:
    amenable, tractable, compliant, meek, submissive, malleable, teachable

    Antonyms:
    wilful

  2. docileadjective

    Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

    Synonyms:
    teachable, meek, submissive, malleable, amenable, tractable, compliant

    Antonyms:
    wilful

  3. docileadjective

    Ready to accept instruction or direction.

    Synonyms:
    tractable, malleable, amenable, submissive, teachable, compliant, meek

    Antonyms:
    wilful

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. docile

    One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.

    Synonyms:
    amenable, compliant, gentle, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, tame, teachable, tractable, yielding

    Antonyms:
    determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. docile

    Synonyms:
    compliant, amenable, easily managed, yielding, gentle, quiet, pliant, tractable, teachable, tame

    Antonyms:
    intractable, stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, dogged

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  1. alwinadjective

    to be afraid of accidental eye contact and mistake it for an invitation to "talk"

    gosh, i am feeling docile today - i might be a bit naughty and push someone into the abyss.

    Submitted by coolingcaitlin on February 8, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. docileadjective

    Synonyms:
    teachable, docile, docible, tractable, apt, easily taught

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. docileadjective

    Synonyms:
    tractable, teachable, gentle, yielding, obedient, submissive

    Antonyms:
    indocile

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "docile":

    obedient, submissive, compliant, amenable

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How to use DOCILE in a sentence?

  1. John Stewart Mills:

    A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished.

  2. Marty Mobley:

    It was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there.

  3. Michel Foucault:

    The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order.

  4. Eli Boroditsky:

    It is amazing how docile it was. I was petting it.

  5. Demetrius Griffin:

    He let off eight rounds, reloaded, let off another eight, reloaded again, he was very docile. In his facial expression, no smiling, laughing, talking.


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