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:
   teachable, gentle

   Antonyms:
   stiff-necked, hardheaded, stroppy, wild, bullheaded, stubborn, pertinacious, strong-willed, unyielding, mulish, intractable, bolshy, pigheaded, persistent, bloody-minded, dogged, determined, contrarious, cross-grained, bullet-headed, dour, obstinate, strong-minded, cantankerous, untamed, unregenerate, tenacious

2. docile, teachable(adj)

   ready and willing to be taught

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

   Synonyms:
   teachable, gentle

   Antonyms:
   bloody-minded, strong-willed, bolshy, persistent, obstinate, intractable, wild, cantankerous, cross-grained, determined, bullheaded, hardheaded, dour, stroppy, contrarious, dogged, unyielding, bullet-headed, strong-minded, stubborn, pertinacious, untamed, tenacious, pigheaded, mulish, stiff-necked, unregenerate

3. docile, gentle(adj)

   easily handled or managed

   "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

   Synonyms:
   blue-blooded, aristocratical, gentle, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, patrician, blue

   Antonyms:
   contrarious, hardheaded, cantankerous, mulish, intractable, unyielding, stiff-necked, bolshy, tenacious, pigheaded, persistent, untamed, pertinacious, unregenerate, dogged, cross-grained, strong-minded, bloody-minded, bullheaded, stubborn, bullet-headed, wild, determined, stroppy, obstinate, dour, strong-willed

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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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. docile(a.)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   obedient, submissive, compliant, amenable

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