Thesaurus
docile
Synonyms and Antonyms of docile
- a docile young pony that went wherever it was led
acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, duteous, dutiful, obliging, placable
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
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
disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude
Synonym Discussion of docile
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- obedient to the government
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- a docile child
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- tractable animals
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- amenable to new ideas
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