DOCILE

docile

(adjective) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; “the docile masses of an enslaved nation”

docile, gentle

(adjective) easily handled or managed; “a gentle old horse, docile and obedient”

docile, teachable

(adjective) ready and willing to be taught; “docile pupils eager for instruction”; “teachable youngsters”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)

Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Synonyms

• (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable

• (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable

Antonyms

• (yielding to control): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful

Anagrams

• cleido-, coiled, coldie

Source: Wiktionary

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Doc"ile, a. Etym: [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]

1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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