Word "DOCILE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
ready and willing to be taught
Synonyms:
teachable
Examples:
docile pupils eager for instruction

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
easily handled or managed
Synonyms:
gentle
Examples:
a gentle old horse, docile and obedient

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
Examples:
the docile masses of an enslaved nation

Crossword Clues for DOCILE

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Non-threatening party line adopted by French company
Teachable, tame (6)
Easily managed to break old ice up (6)
Obedient medical man that is holding line (6)
Compliant medic on French island (6)
One line in code cracked - easily managed (6)
Compliant; timid The Telegraph Quick 25 May 2025
Tame party upset by lice (6)
Compliant, manageable (6)
Submissive when coiled round (6)
Compliant medic starts to investigate latest emergency (6)
Submissive Mirror Quick 29 Dec 2024
Medic to lie about being compliant Mirror Cryptic 29 Dec 2024
Easy to manage stealing note from abode (6)
Antonym of defiant Universal 22 Dec 2024
Submissive medic on French island The Times Cryptic 17 Dec 2024
Mongrel I led around middle of dock is willing to accept instruction? (6)
Submissive, easily managed [6]
Not ferocious
Passively obedient
A hundred-to-one pay-out for being obedient (6)
Quiet, easily managed (6)
Coiled so as to be easily managed (6)
Submissive Mirror Quick 02 Oct 2024
Medic to lie about being compliant Mirror Cryptic 02 Oct 2024
Ready and willing to be taught
Tame, submissive
Coiled round and easily managed (6) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Sep 2024
Amenable, pliant (6)
Submissive married one leaves abode The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2024
Easily managed The Sun Two Speed 28 Jul 2024
Easy to manage party (Channel Islands) meeting the French The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Jul 2024
Cod lie around, quite harmless (6)
Some crocodiles, when disturbed, can be harmless (6)
Compliant; obedient; person who is easily handled (6)
Willing to obey Mirror Tea Time 19 Jun 2024
Gentle, easily managed (6)
Lie to the doctor! That's easily managed!
Doctor! I see the French can be easily managed (6)
Bad cold that is yielding
Pliant Eugene Sheffer 05 Apr 2024
Submissive, compliant (6)
Coiled (anag) (6)
Easy to handle * (6)
Coiled round and easily managed (6) Puzzler Cryptic 15 Feb 2024
Tame, obedient The Times Concise 03 Feb 2024
Figures a female animal out as tame (6)
Amenable Charlie one into benefit
Mild cold I suspect before middle of September (6)
Tame, as petting-zoo animals Newsday 06 Sep 2023
Unlikely to bite LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2023
Tame New York Times 27 Jun 2023
Unlikely to cause a stir, say New York Times 03 Dec 2022
Submissive New York Times 15 Jul 2022
Compliant Wall Street Journal 28 May 2022
Obedient, compliant The Guardian Speedy 22 May 2022
Medic, one the French find submissive The Times Cryptic 15 Dec 2021
Party for the Italian in Clare is easily managed Irish Times Crosaire 08 Nov 2021
Easily tamed New York Times 06 Oct 2021
Pliant Eugene Sheffer 16 Sep 2021
Willing doctor to coax wife away
Tame, as an animal Universal 25 Apr 2021
Submissive doctor is endlessly ill... has some earache
Compliant USA Today 20 Dec 2020
Easy to handle, like an animal Universal 29 Nov 2020
Submissive married one leaves abode The Sun Two Speed 19 Oct 2020
Easily managed The Sun Two Speed 19 Oct 2020
Obedient USA Today 02 May 2020
Not hard to handle, say The Washington Post Sunday 29 Mar 2020
Coiled around and submissive
Like a lamb The New Yorker 18 Nov 2019
Gentle and pliant Irish Times Simplex 04 Oct 2019
Easily managed Wall Street Journal 27 Aug 2019
Calm Universal 26 Jul 2019
Far from ferocious USA Today 01 Jun 2019
Like petting-zoo animals USA Today 09 May 2019
Willing to be led The Guardian Speedy 28 Apr 2019
Like petting-zoo animals
Calm
Far from ferocious
Easily managed
Nonsense about backward-looking priest being submissive
Pliant, submissive Irish Times Simplex 11 Aug 2018
Department finds E-Coli variety is passive Irish Times Crosaire 27 Jul 2018
Submissive, married one leaves abode The Sun Two Speed 17 Jun 2018
Tamed Jonesin 29 May 2018
Like petting zoo animals USA Today 24 Feb 2018
Easily controlled USA Today 15 Jan 2018
Like petting zoo animals
Easily controlled
Pliable Universal 27 Nov 2017
Gentle, tame The Telegraph Quick 08 Nov 2017
Easily managed party on Channel Islands with the French
Easy to manage, as a pet Universal 14 Aug 2017
Treat cold that is easily kept under control
Easy to manage, as a pet
Pliable
Easily led USA Today 12 Nov 2016
Submissive The Times Concise 02 Nov 2016
Easy to control The Washington Post 05 Oct 2016
Like animals in a petting zoo Universal 16 Jun 2016
Compliant The Telegraph Quick 10 Jun 2016
Easy to control Universal 22 Feb 2016
Compliant Eugene Sheffer 20 Feb 2016
Not likely to bite LA Times Daily 13 Jan 2016
Easily led
Like animals in a petting zoo
Not likely to bite
Mild-mannered Family Time 20 Dec 2015
Work on land — not hard, but somewhat soft
Lamblike New York Times 26 Nov 2015
Easy to control party and country, not hard
Tame, as a pet New York Times 05 Oct 2015
Compliant priest, having returned to GP?
Easy to control party and country, not hard
Yielding Canadiana 22 Jun 2015
Married one leaves abode that's easy to manage
Submissive Premier Sunday 01 Mar 2015
Under the doctor, upset priest is easily managed The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Feb 2015
Submissive, easy to control Irish Times Simplex 20 Feb 2015
All too willing Universal 02 Jan 2015
All too willing
Not too playful
Tame, as a pet
Submissive
Lamblike
Like petting-zoo animals
Easily led about
Obedient
Easy to handle
Submissive
Easy to handle
Easily managed
Mild-mannered
Tame
Like petting-zoo animals
Easily managed
Submissive
Unlikely to make waves
Tractable
Obedient
All too willing
Obedient
Mild-mannered
Hardly headstrong
Submissive
Like sheep
Like pets, ideally
Easy to manage
Submissive
Obedient
Compliant
Easy to control
Readily trained
All too willing
Submissive
Medic, one the French find submissive
Tractable
Pliant
Tractible
Compliant
Tractable.
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