Docile

Word DOCILE
Character 6
Hyphenation doc ile
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Docile"

What do we mean by docile?

Ready and willing to be taught; teachable. adjective

Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable. adjective

Teachable; easily taught; quick to learn; amenable.

Tractable; easily managed or handled.

Teachable; easy to teach; docible. adjective

Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed. adjective

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management. adjective

Ready to accept instruction or direction. adjective

Easily handled or managed adjective

Ready and willing to be taught adjective

Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed adjective

Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Docile

The word "docile" in example sentences

I think that the term "docile" is the term that troubles me most. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You are to remain docile while in transit to the holding facility. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Every policy discussed to date has as its objective feeding people where they are and forcing them to remain docile, even when and if starving, by armed forces. ❋ Unknown (1946)

Her eyes had never wandered from his face; she had stood in docile wise looking at him and answering his questions and listening, won by the commentary she read in his face on what her friend was saying. ❋ Unknown (1864)

-- but I have always associated the word docile with cows. ❋ Evolver (2004)

As Nicholls puts it, Kauto Star, normally known as a docile and placid beast, is "mad fresh, really well in himself", having been brought to peak fitness for today's King George VI Chase at Kempton, which he has dominated over the past four years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They seem to have been a somewhat negative people, generally described as docile, gentle, generous, and indolent. ❋ Unknown (1893)

For the man with one leg, it is to be said that he is more docile, which is to be desired. ❋ Emerson Hough (1890)

As he leads the hounds on he will cheer and encourage them, addressing with many a soft term the docile creature, the self-willed, stubborn brute more rarely, and to a moderate extent the hound of average capacity, till he either succeeds in running down or driving into the toils some victim. ❋ 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon (1874)

He believed the fluoride in drinking water was there to render the masses more docile, which is why he wouldn't drink from a tap. ❋ Devin Friedman (2010)

The lapdog media in what can kindly be described as a docile press conference on healthcare lobbed Obama a race charged question giving him, yet again, another opportunity to whip the American people with the racism charge and demonize law enforcement as racist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"docile" - unafraid of people, in other words, Hampton said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other than that, the sofa seems pretty docile which is why it would fit perfectly in a simple and tasteful interior. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I admit that I agree with Ms. vdP on not wanting a "docile" husband. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And what it did was take the fire that we had that was kind of docile, if you can believe that, but turned it into a big, big storm right now. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hmmmmm... sounds like NYC could do with a few more "docile" types willing to wait for the light to change... ❋ Unknown (2006)

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