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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRACT'ABLE, a. [L. tractabilis, from tracto, to handle or lead.]
1. That may be easily led, taught or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as tractable children; a tractable learner.
2. Palpable; such as may be handled; as tractable measures.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler [syn: tractable, manipulable] [ant: intractable]
2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student" [syn: amenable, tractable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin tractabilis, from tractare to handle, treat Date: 1502 1. capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled ; docile <a tractable horse> 2. easily handled, managed, or wrought ; malleable Synonyms: see obedient • tractability noun • tractableness noun • tractably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person) easily handled; manageable; docile. 2 (of material etc.) pliant, malleable. Derivatives: tractability n. tractableness n. tractably adv. Etymology: L tractabilis f. tractare handle, frequent. of trahere tract- draw

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tractable Tract"a*ble, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat, v. t.] 1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. I shall find them tractable enough. --Shak. 2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder. --Tract"a*ble*ness, n. -- Tract"a/bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that a person, problem, or device is tractable, you mean that they can be easily controlled or dealt with. (FORMAL) ...the country's least tractable social problems. ? intractable ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Docile, manageable, governable, willing. 2. Practicable, feasible.

Moby Thesaurus

acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, ardent, bendable, bending, biddable, complaisant, compliant, conformable, consenting, content, convenient, cooperative, disposed, docile, ductile, eager, easygoing, elastic, enthusiastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, foolproof, formable, formative, forward, game, giving, governable, handleable, handy, impressible, impressionable, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, minded, moldable, obedient, other-directed, persuadable, persuasible, plastic, pliable, pliant, practical, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, springy, subdued, submissive, supple, susceptible, tame, tractile, untroublesome, well-disposed, well-inclined, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willed, willing, willinghearted, willowy, workable, yielding, zealous