Docile.
Synonyms:
| amenable, | manageable, | pliant, | teachable, |
| compliant, | obedient, | submissive, | tractable, |
| gentle, | pliable, | tame, | yielding. |
One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare DUTY.
Antonyms:
| determined, | firm, | intractable, | opinionated, | self-willed, | wilful, |
| dogged, | inflexible, | obstinate, | resolute, | stubborn, | unyielding. |