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Synonyms for docile
ˈdɒs əl; Brit. ˈdoʊ saɪldocile
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Wiktionary
docileadjective
Synonyms:
amenable, tractable, compliant, meek, submissive, malleable, teachableAntonyms:
wilfuldocileadjective
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Synonyms:
teachable, meek, submissive, malleable, amenable, tractable, compliantAntonyms:
wilfuldocileadjective
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
Princeton's WordNet
docileadjective
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, teachableadjective
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, gentleadjective
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
Editors Contribution
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 Synonymes
docileadjective
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.
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.
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.
Translations for docile
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- منصاعArabic
- послушен, податлив, схватлив, възприемчивBulgarian
- poslušný, poddajnýCzech
- føjeligDanish
- gefügig, fügsamGerman
- υπάκουοςGreek
- dócilSpanish
- مطیعPersian
- säyseäFinnish
- docileFrench
- soirbh, sèimhScottish Gaelic
- विनम्रHindi
- kezelhető, tanulékony, irányíthatóHungarian
- jinakIndonesian
- mansueto, docileItalian
- כָּנוּעַHebrew
- 従順な, 従順, おとなしいJapanese
- ಕಲಿಸುKannada
- 온순한Korean
- sernermKurdish
- docilem praebebisLatin
- kōratarataMāori
- volgzaamDutch
- føyeligNorwegian
- pojętny, potulny, posłusznyPolish
- dócilPortuguese
- docilRomanian
- покорный, понятливый, послушныйRussian
- poučljiv, pokoran, poslušanSerbo-Croatian
- foglig, lydigSwedish
- வசப்படுத்தத்தக்கTamil
- విధేయంగాTelugu
- ว่านอนสอนง่ายThai
- uslu, yumuşak başlı, uysalTurkish
- ПослушнийUkrainian
- باطلUrdu
- ngoan ngoãnVietnamese
- docileYiddish
- 溫順Chinese
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