Meaning of DOCILE
| Pronunciation: | | 'dâsul
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- [adj] willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
- [adj] easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
- [adj] ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
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| | Synonyms: | | gentle, meek, sheepish, sheeplike, tame, tamed, teachable, yielding |
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| | Antonyms: | | stubborn | | |
| | See Also: | | obedient, tractable | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?,
and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F.
docile. Cf. {Doctor}, {Didactic}, {Disciple}.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a
docile child.
The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J.
Smith.
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| | Related Terms: | | acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, apt, ardent, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, disposed, ductile, eager, educable, enthusiastic, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, flexible, formable, forward, game, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, instructable, intelligent, malleable, minded, moldable, motivated, plastic, pliable, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, ripe for instruction, schoolable, susceptible, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, tractable, trainable, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, yielding, zealous |
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