Dictionary Definition
docile adj
1 willing to be taught or led or supervised or
directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: stubborn]
2 ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils
eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: teachable]
3 easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse,
docile and obedient" [syn: gentle]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
- Ready to accept instruction or direction.
Synonyms
- italbrac yielding to control: compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable
- italbrac ready to accept instruction: amenable, compliant, teachable
Antonyms
- italbrac yielding to control: wilful
Translations
yielding to control
accepting instructions
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
Italian
Adjective
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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