docile
Meanings
Adjective
- willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
- "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
Adjective Satellite
- ready and willing to be taught
- "docile pupils eager for instruction"
- easily handled or managed
- "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
Adj
- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”).
Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").
Synonyms
amenable, biddable, compliant, docile, gentle, malleable, manageable, meek, passive, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, yielding
Scrabble Score: 9
docile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddocile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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