What are some alternative words for docile?
Synonyms for docile
ˈdɒs əl; Brit. ˈdoʊ saɪl
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Princeton's WordNet
docile(adj)
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
"the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
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, tenaciousdocile, teachable(adj)
ready and willing to be taught
"docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
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, unregeneratedocile, gentle(adj)
easily handled or managed
"a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
Synonyms:
blue-blooded, aristocratical, gentle, aristocratic, soft, easy, teachable, patrician, blueAntonyms:
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
Wiktionary
docile(adjective)
Synonyms:
amenable, tractable, compliant, meek, submissive, malleable, teachableAntonyms:
wilfuldocile(adjective)
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Synonyms:
meek, compliant, tractable, amenable, teachable, malleable, submissiveAntonyms:
wilfuldocile(adjective)
Ready to accept instruction or direction.
Synonyms:
tractable, malleable, amenable, submissive, teachable, compliant, meekAntonyms:
wilful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, yieldingAntonyms:
determined, dogged, firm, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, resolute, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding, wilful
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
docile
Synonyms:
compliant, amenable, easily managed, yielding, gentle, quiet, pliant, tractable, teachable, tameAntonyms:
intractable, stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, dogged
Dictionary of English Synonymes
docile(a.)
Synonyms:
teachable, docible, tractable, apt, easily taught
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "docile":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#618 | blue | |
#621 | easy | |
#2052 | soft | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#7995 | compliant | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#18856 | yielding | |
#22418 | manageable | |
#22879 | tame | |
#29257 | submissive | |
#29487 | meek | |
#35374 | obedient | |
#38382 | amenable | |
#45019 | aristocratic | |
#57458 | malleable | |
#57879 | pliable | |
#62800 | tractable | |
#63820 | patrician | |
#66707 | docile | |
#88025 | teachable | |
#89266 | pliant |
How to use docile in a sentence?
We regret that the representative of the United States and its docile allies continue to bring to this forum matters that are outside the mandate of the CD, it is not a forum for coup-mongering.
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.
It was like, 'Help me. Help me.' It was totally docile and let us touch it. It just (lay) there.
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.
He let off eight rounds, reloaded, let off another eight, reloaded again, he was very docile. In his facial expression, no smiling, laughing, talking.
Translations for docile
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- منصاعArabic
- възприемчив, схватлив, податлив, послушенBulgarian
- poddajný, poslušnýCzech
- føjeligDanish
- fügsam, gefügigGerman
- υπάκουοςGreek
- dócilSpanish
- مطیعPersian
- säyseäFinnish
- docileFrench
- sèimh, soirbhScottish Gaelic
- विनम्रHindi
- irányítható, kezelhető, tanulékonyHungarian
- jinakIndonesian
- docile, mansuetoItalian
- כָּנוּעַHebrew
- 従順, おとなしい, 従順なJapanese
- ಕಲಿಸುKannada
- 온순한Korean
- sernermKurdish
- docilem praebebisLatin
- kōratarataMāori
- volgzaamDutch
- føyeligNorwegian
- potulny, pojętny, posłusznyPolish
- dócilPortuguese
- docilRomanian
- послушный, понятливый, покорныйRussian
- poslušan, poučljiv, pokoranSerbo-Croatian
- lydig, fogligSwedish
- வசப்படுத்தத்தக்கTamil
- విధేయంగాTelugu
- ว่านอนสอนง่ายThai
- uslu, yumuşak başlı, uysalTurkish
- ПослушнийUkrainian
- باطلUrdu
- ngoan ngoãnVietnamese
- docileYiddish
- 溫順Chinese
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