biddable

bid·da·ble

adjective \ˈbi-də-bəl\

Definition of BIDDABLE

1

: easily led, taught, or controlled : docile

2

: capable of being bid

— bid·da·bil·i·ty \ˌbi-də-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— bid·da·bly \ˈbi-də-blē\ adverb

Examples of BIDDABLE

1. The children became less biddable as they grew older.
2. <the elderly widower was one of the more biddable and cooperative residents at the nursing home>

First Known Use of BIDDABLE

circa 1768

Related to BIDDABLE

Synonyms

amenable, obedient, compliant, conformable, docile, law-abiding, submissive, tractable

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, tractable, 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