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View usage for: (træktəbəl) adjectiveIf you say that a person, problem, or device is tractable, you mean that they can be easily controlled or dealt with. [formal] He could easily manage his tractable and worshipping younger brother. ...the country's least tractable social problems. Synonyms: manageable, obedient, compliant, willing More Synonyms of tractable More Synonyms of tractable tractable in British English (ˈtræktəbəl) adjective1. easily controlled or persuaded 2. readily worked; malleable Derived forms tractability (ˌtractaˈbility) or tractableness (ˈtractableness) noun tractably (ˈtractably) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin tractābilis, from tractāre to manage, from trahere to draw tractable in American English (ˈtræktəbəl) adjective1. easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant 2. easily worked; malleable SIMILAR WORDS: oˈbedient Derived forms tractability (ˌtractaˈbility) noun or ˈtractableness tractably (ˈtractably) adverb Word origin L tractabilis < tractare, to drag, haul, freq. of trahere, to draw Examples of 'tractable' in a sentencetractable Definition easy to control, manage, or deal with He could easily manage his tractable younger brother. Synonyms manageable willing controllable biddable persuadable governable Opposites defiant , stubborn , unruly , wilful , obstinate , headstrong , stiff-necked , refractory Synonyms plastic workable tensile ductile fictile tractile Additional synonymsDefinition likely or willing to cooperate I've never had a long-term relationship. I'm not amenable enough. Synonyms receptive, open, susceptible, responsive, agreeable, compliant, tractable, acquiescent, persuadable, able to be influenced a docile and compliant workforce Synonyms obedient, willing, accepting, yielding, obliging, accommodating, passive, cooperative, agreeable, submissive, conformist, deferential, acquiescent, complaisant, conformable, accordant, assentient, consentient Definition (of a person or animal) easily controlled They were docile, obedient children. Synonyms obedient, manageable, compliant, amenable, submissive, pliant, tractable, biddable, ductile, teachable (rare) - track something or someone down
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Additional synonymsDefinition (of a metal) able to be shaped into sheets or drawn out into threads Synonyms pliable, plastic, flexible, malleable, pliant, tensile, extensible Definition obeying or willing to obey a sweet, obedient little child Synonyms submissive, yielding, compliant, under control, respectful, law-abiding, well-trained, amenable, docile, dutiful, subservient, deferential, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, accommodating, passive, meek, ingratiating, malleable, pliant, obsequious, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant, duteous Definition easily bent The baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots. Synonyms flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, limber, malleable, pliant, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable Definition easily bent pliant young willows Synonyms flexible, plastic, supple, lithe, pliable, tensile, bendy, ductile, bendable Definition showing quiet obedience Most doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms meek, passive, obedient, compliant, patient, resigned, yielding, accommodating, humble, subdued, lowly, abject, amenable, docile, dutiful, ingratiating, malleable, deferential, pliant, obsequious, uncomplaining, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant Definition (of a person) tending to do what one is told without questioning or criticizing it a tame and gullible newspaper journalist Synonyms submissive, meek, compliant, subdued, manageable, obedient, docile, spiritless, unresisting Definition compliant or submissive His personality was sometimes prickly, sometimes yielding. Synonyms submissive, obedient, compliant, docile, easy (informal), flexible, accommodating, pliant, tractable, acquiescent, biddable |