tractable
11tractable — tractability, tractableness, n. tractably, adv. /trak teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition. 2. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable. [1495 1505; < L… …
12tractable — adjective /ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ a) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable. I have always found horses, an animal I am attached to, very tractable when treated with humanity and steadiness. b) Capable of being… …
13tractable — adjective Etymology: Latin tractabilis, from tractare to handle, treat Date: 1502 1. capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled ; docile < a tractable horse > 2. easily handled, managed, or wrought ; malleable Synonyms: see obedient •… …
14tractable — trac|ta|ble [ˈtræktəbəl] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: tractabilis, from tractare to draw out, handle, treat , from trahere to pull ] easy to control or deal with ≠ ↑intractable ▪ The issues have proved to be less tractable than… …
15tractable — adjective formal easy to control or deal with: Separating a problem into separate chunks often makes it more tractable. opposite intractable tractability noun (U) …
16tractable — adjective our preschool teachers disagree with the statement that children are becoming less tractable every year Syn: malleable, manageable, amenable, pliable, governable, yielding, complaisant, compliant, game, persuadable, accommodating,… …
17tractable — Synonyms and related words: acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, ardent, bendable, bending, biddable, complaisant, compliant, conformable, consenting, content, convenient, cooperative, disposed, docile,… …
18tractable — trac|ta|ble Mot Pla Adjectiu invariable …
19tractable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. docile, well behaved, manageable, adaptable, yielding, compliant; malleable, plastic. See facility, softness, obedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Obedient] Syn. docile, compliant, willing; see… …
20tractable — trac|ta|ble [ træktəbl ] adjective VERY FORMAL easy to deal with ─ opposite INTRACTABLE …
