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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'docile'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj) docile
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
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. (adj) docile, teachable
ready and willing to be taught
Synonyms: docile , 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. (adj) docile, gentle
easily handled or managed
Synonyms: blue-blooded , aristocratical , gentle , aristocratic , soft , easy , teachable , docile , 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
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'docile'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Synonyms: docile , amenable , manageable , pliant , teachable , compliant , obedient , submissive , tractable , gentle , pliable , tame , yielding Antonyms: determined , inflexible , opinionated , self-willed , wilful , dogged , intractable , resolute , stubborn , unyielding , firm , obstinate
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