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Adjectives (3)
docile
adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
gentle
adj. easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
teachable
adj. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
Fuzzynyms (41)
submissive
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
submissive, conformable
adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare
manageable
adj. capable of being managed or controlled
manageable
adj. capable of being managed or controlled
docile, teachable
adj. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
dominated, henpecked
adj. harassed by persistent nagging
browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated
adj. frightened into submission or compliance
intimidated
adj. made timid or fearful as by threats
mild, modest, meek
adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
timid
adj. showing fear and lack of confidence
accommodating, accommodative
adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable
adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"
placid, complacent, self-satisfied
adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"
yielding, obliging, complying
adj. (compliant)
willing
adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"
quiet
adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
peaceful
adj. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
calm, imperturbable
adj. not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis"
docile
adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
manageable
adj. capable of being managed or controlled
submissive, conformable
adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare
submissive
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
Synonyms (8)
obedient
adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
tractable
adj. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
subdued
adj. quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent"
ductile, malleable
adj. easily influenced
manageable
adj. capable of being managed or controlled
tamable, tameable
adj. capable of being tamed
Antonyms (6)
obstinate, stubborn
adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
cross-grained, balky, contrarious
adj. difficult to deal with
wild
adj. marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"
docile
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