docile

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdəʊ.sail/
• (America) IPA: /ˈdɑː.səl/, /ˈdɑː.saɪl/

Adjective

docile

1. Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
2. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Synonyms

• (yielding to control) compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
• (ready to accept instruction) amenable, compliant, teachable

Antonyms

• (yielding to control) perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful

Related terms

• docent
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document
• indoctrinate

Translations

• French: docile
• German: fügsam, gefügig, steuerbar, handhabbar, sanftmütig, gutmütig, unterwürfig
• Italian: docile, mansueto
• Portuguese: dócil
• Russian: покорный
• Spanish: dócil

Translations

• German: fügsam, gefügig, gehorsam, folgsam, gelehrig
• Russian: поня́тливый
• Spanish: dócil

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