/tɹæˈktʌbʌl/ - [traktubul] - trac•ta•ble
We found 10 definitions of tractable from 5 different sources.
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tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler | ||
manipulable | ||
intractable not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" | ||
compliant disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" | ||
docile willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" | ||
manageable capable of being managed or controlled | ||
obedient dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke | ||
tamed, tame brought from wildness; "the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed" | ||
tractability, tractableness, flexibility the trait of being easily persuaded | ||
ductile, malleable capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" | ||
teachable, docile willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" | ||
tractable - readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student" | ||
amenable | ||
susceptible (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" |