'Docile' definitions:
Definition of 'docile'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate]
adjective
Ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: docile, teachable]
adjective
Easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [syn: docile, gentle]
Definition of 'Docile'
From: GCIDE
- Docile \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. [1913 Webster]
- The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'docile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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