tractable

Adjective

1. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); “tractable young minds”; “the natives…being…of an intelligent tractable disposition”- Samuel Butler
   • Synonyms
     • manipulable
   • Antonyms
     • intractable
   • Similar to
     • ductile
     • malleable
     • docile
     • teachable
     • tamable
     • tameable
   • See also
     • compliant
     • docile
     • manageable
     • obedient
     • tame
     • tamed
   • Attributes
     • tractability
     • tractableness
     • flexibility
   • Related
     • manipulability
     • tractability
     • tractableness
     • flexibility
     • tractability
     • tractableness
     • flexibility
2. responsive to suggestions and influences; “a tractable student”; “an amenable child”
   • Synonyms
     • amenable
   • Similar to
     • susceptible
   • Related
     • tractability
     • tractableness
     • flexibility
     • tractability
     • tractableness
     • flexibility
     • amenability
     • amenableness
     • cooperativeness
     • amenability
     • amenableness
     • cooperativeness

tractable - LookUp

adjective

1. (of a person) easy to control or influence she has always been tractable and obedient, even as a child

(of a situation or problem) easy to deal with trying to make the mathematics tractable

Origin

early 16th century : from Latin tractabilis , from tractare to handle (see tractate )

Thesaurus

Adjective

1. children are no longer as tractable as they used to be

Similar Words: controllable manageable malleable governable yielding amenable complaisant compliant adjustable docile submissive obedient tame meek easily handled biddable persuadable persuasible accommodating trusting gullible dutiful willing unassertive passive deferential humble obsequious servile sycophantic

Opposites: obstinate defiant recalcitrant

Urban Dictionary

Easy to control or influence