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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOCILE, a. [L., to teach. See Teach.] Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; easily managed. Some children are far more docile than others. Dogs are more docile than many other animals.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin docilis, from doc?re to teach; akin to Latin dec?re to be fitting — more at decent Date: 15th century 1. easily taught <a docile pupil> 2. easily led or managed ; tractable <a docile pony> Synonyms: see obedient • docilely adverb • docility noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 submissive, easily managed. 2 archaic teachable. Derivatives: docilely adv. docility n. Etymology: ME f. L docilis f. docere teach

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Docile 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A person or animal that is docile is quiet, not aggressive, and easily controlled. ...docile, obedient children... = placid ADJ • docility Her docility had surprised him. • docilely She stood there, docilely awaiting my decision. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Teachable, tractable, easily taught, pliant, yielding.

Moby Thesaurus

acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, apt, ardent, biddable, bright, clever, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, disposed, ductile, eager, educable, enthusiastic, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, flexible, formable, forward, game, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, instructable, intelligent, malleable, minded, moldable, motivated, plastic, pliable, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, ripe for instruction, schoolable, susceptible, teachable, thirsty for knowledge, tractable, trainable, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing, willinghearted, yielding, zealous