Definitions for: Docile

[adj] willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
[adj] easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
[adj] ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

Webster (1913) Definition: Doc"ile, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?,
and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F.
docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a
docile child.

The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J.
Smith.

Synonyms: gentle, meek, sheepish, sheeplike, tame, tamed, teachable, yielding

Antonyms: stubborn

See Also: obedient, tractable

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