Synonyms for docile
ˈdɒs əl; Brit. ˈdoʊ saɪl

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1. docile(adj)

   willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

   "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

   Synonyms:
   edition, variance, sport, magnetic variation, mutant, mutation, fluctuation, variant, variation, version, magnetic declination, pas seul

2. docile, gentle(adj)

   easily handled or managed

   "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

   Synonyms:
   ventilation, airing, ventilating system, ventilation system, external respiration, public discussion, respiration, breathing

3. docile, teachable(adj)

   ready and willing to be taught

   "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

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1. docile(adjective)

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

   Antonyms:
   wilful

2. docile(adjective)

   Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

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

   Antonyms:
   wilful

3. docile(adjective)

   Ready to accept instruction or direction.

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

   Antonyms:
   wilful

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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 Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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. docile(a.)

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

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1. docile(a)

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

   Antonyms:
   indocile

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1. List of paraphrases for "docile":

   obedient, submissive, compliant, amenable

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How to use docile in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Jozsef Richter:

   People stay in their cars, there is no (human-to-human) contact, the animals are docile and used to people.

3. Marty Mobley:

   It didn't even fight us, it was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there.

4. Friday Chamberlain:

   I'm 100 % OK with her showing how docile swarms are, but the fact is that she goes into removals without wearing any safety gear, wearing black leggings... she's setting a very dangerous precedent.

5. Anuj Somany:

   A loving person is docile towards only caring soul but may also get hostile towards the evil people.

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