'Ductile' definitions:
Definition of 'ductile'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Ductile'
From: GCIDE
- Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]
- 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. [1913 Webster]
- Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ductile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- bendable,
- bending,
- biddable,
- compliant,
- convenient,
- docile,
- elastic,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- feasible,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- fluid,
- foolproof,
- formable,
- formative,
- giving,
- handy,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- like putty,
- limber,
- liquid,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- manageable,
- maneuverable,
- moldable,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- practical,
- receptive,
- responsive,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- springy,
- submissive,
- submitting,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- untroublesome,
- whippy,
- wieldable,
- wieldy,
- willowy,
- yielding