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docile definition
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Overview of adj docile The adj docile has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation") 2. docile, teachable -- (ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters") 3. docile, gentle -- (easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient") Antonyms of adj docile 3 senses of docile Sense 1 docile (vs. stubborn) stubborn (vs. docile) => bloody-minded, cantankerous => bolshy, stroppy => bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded => contrarious, cross-grained => determined => bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding => hardheaded, mulish => stiff-necked => strong-minded, strong-willed Sense 2 docile, teachable INDIRECT (VIA tractable) -> intractable Sense 3 docile, gentle INDIRECT (VIA tame) -> wild, untamed Similarity of adj docile 3 senses of docile Sense 1 docile (vs. stubborn) => meek, tame => sheeplike, sheepish => yielding Also See-> obedient#1; tractable#1 Sense 2 docile, teachable => tractable (vs. intractable) Sense 3 docile, gentle => tame (vs. wild), tamed Attributes of adj docile Familiarity of adj docile docile used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj docile docile indocile Overview of adj docile The adj docile has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation") 2. docile, teachable -- (ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters") 3. docile, gentle -- (easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient")
docile definition
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