docile
Meek and compliant
Docile describes someone or something easily managed, taught, or controlled.
A docile student accepts instruction without resistance.
A docile animal is tame and compliant.
The word can carry a faint note of criticism—suggesting passivity or lack of spirit: The workforce had become too docile to demand better conditions.
Following commands willingly
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- manageableAble to be controlled
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- biddableReadily obeying commands
dutiful · amenable · accommodating · conformable · adaptable · agreeable · disciplined · trainable
Humbly unassertive
- passiveNot actively participating
- yieldingBending under pressure
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
deferential · resigned · unassertive · subdued · servile · slavish · fawning · sycophantic
Capable of being shaped
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- moldableCapable of being shaped
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
influenceable · manipulable · persuadable · gullible · yielding · flexible · adaptable · compliant
obedient
Following commands willingly
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- manageableAble to be controlled
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
biddable · dutiful · amenable · accommodating · conformable · adaptable · agreeable · disciplined · trainable · responsive
meek
Humbly unassertive
- passiveNot actively participating
- yieldingBending under pressure
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
acquiescent · deferential · resigned · unassertive · subdued · servile · slavish · fawning · sycophantic · obsequious
malleable
Capable of being shaped
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- moldableCapable of being shaped
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
suggestible · influenceable · manipulable · persuadable · gullible · yielding · flexible · adaptable · compliant · ductile
calm
Free from agitation
serene · tranquil · tame · lamblike · soft · tender · meek · patient · unassuming · harmless
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- farm animal traitswoolly, spotted, hooved, horned, feathered
- gentlegentle, mild, soft, tender, meek
- SAT vocabularyaesthetic, ambiguous, benevolent, candid, concise
- submissivesubmissive, subservient, obedient, servile, meek
- passivemeek, submissive, compliant, subdued, yielding
docilerebellious
Resisting authority or control
defiant · disobedient · insubordinate · obstinate · stubborn
docilewild
Not domesticated or controlled
untamed · unmanageable · feral · uncontrollable · fierce
- docile natureSubmissive, agreeable character
- docile temperamentSubmissive, manageable personality