docile
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
the docile masses of an enslaved nation
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Sense 2 adjective
ready and willing to be taught
docile pupils eager for instruction
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Sense 3 adjective
easily handled or managed
a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | obedient |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | tractable |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | obstinate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | docility |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | meek |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sheepish |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | yielding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teach |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tractable |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | docility |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tamed |