docile

Meaning of docile

adjective
  1. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
    a cheap and docile workforce
    she's a black Labrador, gentle and docile

late 15th century (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’.

Information about docile

Hyphenation of docile

docile

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • docile is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

docile synonyms

Meaning teachable:

teachable

Meaning gentle:

gentle

Meaning disposed to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent:

compliant

Meaning complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority:

obedient

Meaning easily influenced or directed; yielding:

pliant

Meaning conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty:

dutiful

Meaning ready, eager, or prepared to do something:

willing

Meaning accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance:

passive

Meaning ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive:

submissive

Meaning showing deference; respectful:

deferential

Meaning (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated:

tame

Meaning quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive:

meek

Meaning gentle and not easily provoked:

mild

Meaning (of a person) not having or showing a confident and forceful personality:

unassertive

Meaning not showing, producing, or putting up any resistance:

unresisting

Meaning (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid:

yielding

Meaning involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal:

cooperative

Meaning open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled:

amenable

Meaning willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs:

accommodating

Meaning meekly ready to accept and follow instructions:

biddable

Meaning easily persuaded; amenable:

persuadable

Meaning (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire:

ductile

Meaning able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty:

manageable

Meaning capable of being directed or influenced:

controllable

Meaning (of a person) easy to control or influence:

tractable

Meaning easily influenced; pliable:

malleable

Meaning containing or mixed with a large amount of milk:

milky

docile antonyms

Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:

disobedient

Meaning (of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate:

wilful

Translation of docile

Anagrams of docile

cleoid, coiled

Words that rhyme with docile

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