docile
adjectiveHow many syllables in docile?
There are 2 syllables in the word docile.How to pronounce docile:
Definition of docile:
- docile (adjective):
- easily taught
- (of a person or animal) easily controlled
- willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.
Synonyms for docile:
amenable
biddable
compliant
conformable
controllable
decorous
ductile
gentle
manageable
manipulable
meek
obedient
pliant
repressed
restrained
sheepish
sheeplike
soft
submissive
tame
teachable
tractable
yielding
Antonyms for docile:
adamant
adamantine
aggressive
agitated
anarchistic
antagonistic
anti
apostate
argumentative
arrogant
assertive
averse to
awkward
bad
badly behaved
balky
bearish
bellicose
belligerent
betraying
bloody-minded
bolshie
boorish
bossy
bound and determined
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