tractable

trac·ta·ble

adj \ˈtrak-tə-bəl\

Definition of TRACTABLE

1

: capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile <a tractable horse>

2

: easily handled, managed, or wrought : malleable

— trac·ta·bil·i·ty \ˌtrak-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— trac·ta·ble·ness \ˈtrak-tə-bəl-nəs\ noun

— trac·ta·bly \-blē\ adverb

Examples of TRACTABLE

1. This new approach should make the problem more tractable.
2. He's a very tractable child.

Origin of TRACTABLE

Latin tractabilis, from tractare to handle, treat

First Known Use: 1502

Related to TRACTABLE

Synonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, obedient

Antonyms: balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)

Related Words: acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable; soft, surrendering, yielding; fawning, kowtowing, obeisant, obsequious, servile, slavish, subordinate, subservient; decorous, disciplined, mannerly, orderly; constrained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained; controllable, disciplinable, governable, handleable, manageable, tame, teachable, obedient, trainable; gentle, meek, mild

Near Antonyms: insurgent, mutinous; dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, peevish, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, unyielding; uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild; balky, defiant, perverse, resistant; bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty; ill-bred, undisciplined; dissident, nonconformist; disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude

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Rhymes with TRACTABLE

actable