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Thesaurus: docile

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

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  1. a. Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
  2. a. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
  3. adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
  4. adj. ready and willing to be taught
  5. adj. easily handled or managed
  6. 1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.] 2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.
  7. j:100 a. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed s. ready and willing to be taught s. easily handled or managed