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TRACTABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Responsive to suggestions and influences
Example:
an amenable child
Synonyms:
amenable; tractable
Classified under:
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
Derivation:
tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
Example:
the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition
Synonyms:
manipulable; tractable
Classified under:
Similar:
ductile; malleable (easily influenced)
docile; teachable (ready and willing to be taught)
tamable; tameable (capable of being tamed)
Also:
compliant (inclined to comply)
manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)
obedient (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority)
docile (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed)
tame; tamed (brought from wildness into a domesticated state)
Attribute:
flexibility; tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)
Antonym:
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
Derivation:
tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)
