English adjective: tractable | |||
1. | tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) | ||
Samples | Tractable young minds. The natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition. | ||
Synonyms | manipulable | ||
Similar | docile, ductile, malleable, tamable, tameable, teachable | ||
See also | compliant, docile, manageable, obedient, tame, tamed | ||
Attribute | flexibility, tractability, tractableness | ||
Antonyms | intractable | ||
2. | tractable readily reacting to suggestions and influences | ||
Samples | A responsive student. | ||
Synonyms | amenable | ||
Similar | susceptible | ||
Antonyms | insusceptible, unsusceptible | ||