docile

  • (a) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
    • the docile masses of an enslaved nation
  • (s) ready and willing to be taught
    • docile pupils eager for instruction
    • teachable youngsters
    teachable,
  • (s) easily handled or managed
    • a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
    gentle,

Synonyms

teachable gentle

Antonyms

obstinate stubborn unregenerate

See also

obedient manipulable tractable

Words of close approximity