docile (a)

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type a
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def willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
examples the docile masses of an enslaved nation
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Also see obedient; tractable, manipulable
Derivationally related form docile → docility
Antonym docile → stubborn
Similar to meek, tame; sheeplike, sheepish; yielding
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Also see obedient; tractable, manipulable
Antonym stubborn → docile
Similar to meek, tame; sheeplike, sheepish; yielding
Derivationally related form docility → docile

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