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Docile

Docile Meaning & Definition
Docile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Docile?

[adj] willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
[adj] easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
[adj] ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Docile: gentle | meek | sheepish | sheeplike | tame | tamed | teachable | yielding

Related Terms | Find terms related to Docile: acquiescent | adaptable | agreeable | alacritous | amenable | apt | ardent | biddable | bright | clever | compliant | consenting | content | cooperative | disposed | ductile | eager | educable | enthusiastic | facile | fain | favorable | favorably disposed | favorably inclined | flexible | formable | forward | game | impressionable | in the mind | in the mood | inclined | instructable | intelligent | malleable | minded | moldable | motivated | plastic | pliable | pliant | predisposed | prompt | prone | quick | ready | ready and willing | receptive | responsive | ripe for instruction | schoolable | susceptible | teachable | thirsty for knowledge | tractable | trainable | well-disposed | well-inclined | willed | willing | willinghearted | yielding | zealous

See Also | obedient | tractable

Docile In Webster's Dictionary

\Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?, and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F. 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.

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