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    docile
    /ˈdəʊsʌɪl/

    adjective

    • 1. ready to accept control or instruction; submissive: "a cheap and docile workforce"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDOCILE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control: The once docile population has finally risen up against the ruthless regime. Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. amenable. complaisant formal. compliant formal. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calm and relaxed. (as) cool as a cucumber idiom

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › docileDocile - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Docile comes from Latin root for teaching, docere, so someone docile is easy to teach. A docile student is willing to be taught. A docile animal is easy to handle. If you behave well and do what people tell you to do, you're a docile person.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › docileDocile Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : easily taught. a docile pupil. 2. : easily led or managed : tractable. a docile pony. docilely. ˈdä-sə (l)-lē. adverb. docility. dä-ˈsi-lə-tē. dō- noun. Did you know? Ready to learn the origin of docile? Docile students have always made teaching easier than it otherwise would be.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDOCILE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A person or animal that is docile is quiet, not aggressive, and easily controlled.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdocile adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of docile adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › docileDOCILE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Docile definition: easily managed or handled; tractable. See examples of DOCILE used in a sentence.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › docile_adjdocile, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    1. Apt to be taught; ready and willing to receive instruction… 2. transferred of things: Yielding readily to treatment… Earlier version. docile, a. in OED Second Edition (1989) 1.a. 1483–. Apt to be taught; ready and willing to receive instruction; teachable. 1483. Gyue to me thy seruaunt a herte docyle.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDOCILE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control: The once docile population has finally risen up against the ruthless regime. Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. amenable. complaisant formal. compliant formal. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Calm and relaxed. (as) cool as a cucumber idiom

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDOCILE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    DOCILE definition: A docile person or animal is quiet and easily controlled.. Learn more.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › docileDocile Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: teachable. gentle. willing. tame. resigned. manageable. mild. agreeable. meek. tractable. submissive. compliant. yielding. calm. obedient. Antonyms: stubborn. intractable.