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docile
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), obstinate, unregenerate
=> bloody-minded, cantankerous
=> bolshy, stroppy
=> bullheaded, bullet-headed, pigheaded
=> dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
=> contrarious, cross-grained
=> determined
=> 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, manipulable#1
Sense 2
docile, teachable
=> tractable (vs. intractable), manipulable
Sense 3
docile, gentle
=> tame (vs. wild), tamed
Pertainyms of adj docile
Attributes of adj docile
Domain of adj docile
Domain Terms of adj docile
Familiarity of adj docile
docile used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj docile
docile
indocile
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