Tractable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tractable \Tract"a*ble\, a. [L. tractabilis, fr, tractare to
     draw violently, to handle, treat. See {Treat}, v. t.]
     1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile;
        manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a
        tractable learner.
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              I shall find them tractable enough.   --Shak.
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     2. Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible;
        as, tractable measures. [Obs.] --Holder.
        [1913 Webster] --{Tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tract"a/bly},
        adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tractable
       adj 1: easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable
              young minds"; "gold is tractable"; "the
              natives...being...of an intelligent tractable
              disposition"- Samuel Butler [syn: {manipulable}] [ant:
               {intractable}]
       2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a
          responsive student" [syn: {responsive}, {amenable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "tractable":
     acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, agreeable,
     alacritous, amenable, ardent, bendable, bending, biddable,
     complaisant, compliant, conformable, consenting, content,
     convenient, cooperative, disposed, docile, ductile, eager,
     easygoing, elastic, enthusiastic, extensible, extensile,
     fabricable, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed,
     favorably inclined, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous,
     foolproof, formable, formative, forward, game, giving, governable,
     handleable, handy, impressible, impressionable, in the mind,
     in the mood, inclined, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe,
     lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, minded, moldable,
     obedient, other-directed, persuadable, persuasible, plastic,
     pliable, pliant, practical, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick,
     ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, sensitive,
     sequacious, shapable, springy, subdued, submissive, supple,
     susceptible, tame, tractile, untroublesome, well-disposed,
     well-inclined, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willed, willing,
     willinghearted, willowy, workable, yielding, zealous