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 | ||