English-Thai Dictionary

docile

ADJ เชื่อง  ว่านอนสอนง่าย  feeble weak weak-willed obedient strong-willed strong chung

 

docilely

ADV อย่าง ว่านอนสอนง่าย  yang-wa-non-son-ngai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOCILE

a.[L., to teach. See Teach. ] Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; easily managed. Some children are far more docile than others. Dogs are more docile than many other animals.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOCILE

Doc "ile, a. Etym: [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple. ]

 

1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs. ]

 

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

docile

doc ile |ˈdäsəl ˈdɑsəl | ▶adjective ready to accept control or instruction; submissive: a cheap and docile workforce. DERIVATIVES doc ile ly adverb, do cil i ty |däˈsilitē |noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn ’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

docile

docile |ˈdəʊsʌɪl | ▶adjective ready to accept control or instruction; submissive: a cheap and docile workforce | she's a black Labrador, gentle and docile. DERIVATIVES docilely |ˈdəʊsʌɪlli |adverb, docility |-ˈsɪlɪti |noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn ’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

docile

docile adjective his docile children do everything he asks of them: compliant, obedient, pliant, dutiful, submissive, deferential, unassertive, cooperative, amenable, accommodating, biddable, malleable. ANTONYMS disobedient, willful. WORD SPECTRUM: docile / difficult

docile compliant complaisant submissive dutiful tractable obedient yielding deferential biddable unresisting meek lamblike mild tame persuadable cooperative unselfish generous eager to please obliging accommodating amenable considerate helpful neighborly friendly kindly agreeable pleasant polite decent civil

nonconfrontational

uninvolved disinterested impersonal standoffish unaccommodating unhelpful uncooperative disobliging demanding hard to please finicky fussy overparticular critical unamenable unreasonable obstinate intractable stubborn exasperating recalcitrant obstreperous refractory fractious froward contrarious contumacious insubordinate disobedient unruly unmanageable troublesome difficult

Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

docile

docile adjective Alex was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents: compliant, obedient, pliant, dutiful, willing, passive, submissive, deferential, tame, meek, mild, lamblike, unassertive, unresisting, yielding, cooperative, amenable, accommodating, biddable, persuadable, ductile, manageable, controllable, tractable, malleable, manipulable, easily manipulated, easily handled, like putty in one's hands; informal, dated milky; rare persuasible. ANTONYMS disobedient; wilful. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD docile, obedient, biddable, compliant, dutiful See obedient . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

French Dictionary

docile

docile adj. adjectif Discipliné, qui obéit facilement. : Ces animaux sont bien dociles. SYNONYME obéissant .

 

docilement

docilement adv. adverbe Avec docilité. : Ces enfants obéissent docilement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

docile

doc ile /dɑ́s (ə )l |də́ʊsaɪl /形容詞 〈人 動物などが 〉おとなしい, 従順な, 扱いやすい ; 教え込みやすい .～ly 副詞